Hi, I'd like to setup the system so when I change my shell password it will automaticaly change the Samba password. If I use unencrypted password the configuration bellow works perfect but when I switched to encrypted password it stopped working. Now passwd command changes my shell passwd but to be able to login in samba I have to switch back to encrypted password = no and then use the new password. Is there any way I can make it work with encrypted password? obey pam restrictions parameter doesn't seems to make difference. Anyone who can help? Thanks Peter ==> Samba-3.0.2a (compiled with pam support) SuSE Linux 7.2 Kernel 2.4.4-4GB ==> /etc/pam.d/passwd file auth required /lib/security/pam_unix.so nullok account required /lib/security/pam_unix.so password required /lib/security/pam_pwcheck.so nullok use_cracklib password required /lib/security/pam_unix.so nullok use_first_pass use_authtok password required /lib/security/pam_smbpass.so nullok use_authtok try_first_pass session required /lib/security/pam_unix.so ==> smb.conf [global] server string = San Diego QA Department Server netbios name = sdqa workgroup = SANDIEGO interfaces = 10.1.1.47/255.255.252.0 lo bind interfaces only = yes encrypt passwords = yes ;obey pam restrictions = yes security = user map to guest = Bad User guest account = pcguest domain master = no preferred master = no local master = no os level = 0 wins support = no wins server = 10.3.1.18 name resolve order = wins host bcast dns proxy = yes log level = 1 log file = /var/log/samba-file/log.%m lock directory = /var/spool/locks/samba-file pid directory = /var/spool/locks/samba-file