Hi! This is a AIX 5.1 with samba 3.0.4 I have added this line to smb.conf passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://testad.test.local/ #idmap backend = ldap:ldap://testad.test.local ldap idmap suffix = ou=Idmap,dc=test,dc=local ldap suffix = dc=test,dc=local idmap uid = 40000-50000 idmap gid = 40000-50000 ldap passwd sync = only ldap admin dn = cn=administrator,ou=Users,dc=test,dc=local ldap user suffix = ou=User ldap group suffix = cn=Groups ldap machine suffix = cn=Computers # ldap filter = (&(uid=%u)(objectclass=sambaSamAccount)) ##(objectclass=sambaSamAccount)) ldap delete dn = no ldap port = 389 ldap ssl = off i have set the smbpasswd -w for the user administrator openldap works ldapsearch -h 10.5.0.49 -x -D cn=adminanla,cn=Users,dc=test,dc=local -w password -b dc=test,dc=local # search result search: 2 result: 4 Size limit exceeded # numResponses: 16 # numEntries: 12 # numReferences: 3 this is the errors i get idefix# smbpasswd -D 5 xanla Netbios name list:- my_netbios_names[0]="IDEFIX" Trying to load: ldapsam:ldap://testad.test.local/ Attempting to register passdb backend ldapsam Successfully added passdb backend 'ldapsam' Attempting to register passdb backend ldapsam_compat Successfully added passdb backend 'ldapsam_compat' Attempting to register passdb backend smbpasswd Successfully added passdb backend 'smbpasswd' Attempting to register passdb backend tdbsam Successfully added passdb backend 'tdbsam' Attempting to register passdb backend guest Successfully added passdb backend 'guest' Attempting to find an passdb backend to match ldapsam:ldap://testad.test.local/ (ldapsam) Found pdb backend ldapsam Searching for:[(&(objectClass=sambaDomain)(sambaDomainName=IDEFIX))] smbldap_search: base => [dc=test,dc=local], filter => [(&(objectClass=sambaDomain)(sambaDomainName=IDEFIX))], scope => [2] smbldap_open_connection: connection opened failed to bind to server with dn= cn=administrator,ou=Users,dc=test,dc=local Error: Can't contact LDAP server (unknown) Connection to LDAP Server failed for the 1 try! and then it retries... I dont get it :) what have i missed // Anders