hi there, i set up a samba server as a pdc. everything works fine. the root user can add a printers locally on a xp client. all files will copied to the print$ share, no problem, it works. but only a none administrator account can add a printer to his own profile, if the root user made it before on the same machine. in the other case domain users get an access denied. what can i do on samba centrally, that user can add printers locally, which are "provided" by samba/print$. thx a lot tom Dipl. Betriebswirt(BA) f. Inf. Thomas Werner Webmaster / Network Administrator ESMT European School of Management and Technology GmbH Schlossplatz 1 D-10178 Berlin Germany Tel: +49 (0)30 21231 - 1085 Fax: +49 (0)30 21231 - 9 E-mail: werner@esmt.org Web: http://www.esmt.org