I want to use a linux server as pdc for a windows network. I create users, profiles, etc.. on smbpasswd and on unix database, and the xp-pro and win-98 machines joins the domain well. But the win2k machines doesn't works. So: I extracted from the window server the win2k accounts (differents from the win98 accounts) and the sid. How can i use them on the linux server ? I don't want to migrate old profiles, I just want that old users logs on the new server. There is another little matter: a system has a machine name "Server-Uni" and a username "Server-uni" , different only by the case... This is a matter on translating the accounts ? thanks Enrico Betti