I have Samba v 2.28 on RedHat 8.0. (Please don't ask or tell me to update Samba or the OS, as it's not an option right now). This server acts as the PDC for a domain we are setting up. I have this problem that whenever a W2K client (actually I haven't tried it with any other OS) tries to log into this domain (I have, by the way, added the client computer to the Samba server), they get an error to the effect that their profile cannot be loaded, or some file cannot be loaded into their profile directory on the Samba server. But I don't want to have roaming profiles. I want the profiles to be stored on the client computer locally. Below is my smb.conf file. I have played around with commenting out sections like: logon home ; logon path ; logon drive. I even added a [profiles] section, but to no avail. Actually there was a registry fix on W2K machines to create local profiles, and that worked, but I still get similiar errors as the client logs in. (i.e., Windows cannot create profile directory \\atlantica\profiles.pds. You will be logged on with a local profile only. Changes to the profile will not be propagated to the server. Contact your network administrator. ) [global] log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m name resolve order = lmhosts wins hosts bcast ldap ssl = off socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 default case = lower logon drive = H: domain master = yes remote browse sync = hosts allow = 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0 encrypt passwords = yes ldap server = 127.0.0.1 passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u # logon home = \\%L\%U\profiles wins support = true dns proxy = no netbios name = atlantica ldap port = 389 password server = 127.0.0.1 logon script = %U.bat ldap suffix = dc=npc-usa,dc=com unix password sync = Yes remote announce = 10.0.1.0/24 local master = yes workgroup = NPC-USA preferred master = yes # logon path = \\%N\profiles os level = 99 ldap admin dn = cn=root,dc=npc-usa,dc=com security = user max log size = 50 domain logons = yes log level = 8 domain admin group = root [homes] nt acl support = no comment = Home Directories browseable = no writable = yes [netlogon] comment = Network Logon Service path = /etc/samba/netlogon guest ok = no browseable = no