I see on the list that it is possible to change the samba password using ctrl-alt-del in windows. It looks to me that there are two senarios where this can take place. 1) when windows box and samba server is a domain member or PDC 2) and/or encrytion is turned off on the windows box and possibly no domain membership at all. This what I have been trying to do. No domains at all. Where XP has no registry hacks at all (so encrytion is on) and the samba server 2.2.7a config was changed on these points: workgroup = fred log level = 8 security = user password level = 8 username level = 8 encrypt passwords = yes smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd unix password sync = no passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* obey pam restrictions = no Then I setup share defintions I have no problem mounting my samba shares... However is it possible for me to change the password (/etc/samba/smbpasswd) on the samba server using ctrl-alt-del with an XP box. I have tried and I think that that the old passwords don't sync between the server and XP. I have tried things like allowing null password etc. My first Question is it possible to change passwords (/etc/samba/smbpasswd) using windows onto a samba server where each has no domain membership and encryption is on? Second question is if so how? -- Jeff Geddes, BSc(UNB) Computer Systems Specialist University of New Brunswick Faculty of Computer Science eMail: jgeddes@unb.ca office: Rm. E119 phone : (506) 452-6102 fax : (506) 453-3566