Hi, I am using Samba 2.2.8a on SuSE Linux 9.0 and I have the following problem when trying to connect my windows XP machines to samba server I wgt the following error: [2004/08/22 23:14:37, 2] rpc_server/srv_samr_nt.c:_samr_lookup_domain(2055) Returning domain sid for domain NETSYS -> S-1-5-21-3912169839-94017089-1425657053 [2004/08/22 23:14:37, 2] rpc_parse/parse_samr.c:samr_io_userinfo_ctr(6285) samr_io_userinfo_ctr: unknown switch level 0x1a [2004/08/22 23:14:37, 0] rpc_server/srv_samr.c:api_samr_set_userinfo(670) api_samr_set_userinfo: Unable to unmarshall SAMR_Q_SET_USERINFO. [2004/08/22 23:14:37, 2] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:startsmbfilepwent(170) startsmbfilepwent_internal: unable to open file /etc/samba/smbpasswd. Error was Permission denied [2004/08/22 23:14:37, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:pdb_getsampwrid(1418) unable to open passdb database. [2004/08/22 23:14:37, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(511) Closing connections [2004/08/22 23:14:38, 2] smbd/reply.c:reply_special(92) netbios connect: name1=CUZCO name2=VMBLPTP [2004/08/22 23:14:38, 2] smbd/reply.c:reply_special(111) netbios connect: local=cuzco remote=vmblptp [2004/08/22 23:14:38, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(511) Closing connections And the connection fails. Also I noticed that the passwd file has the following rights: -rw------- 1 root root 753 Aug 22 22:42 smbpasswd I tried to change the permission to 640 by issuing the : chmod 640 /etc/samba/smbpasswd -rw-r----- 1 root root 753 Aug 22 22:42 smbpasswd (like the documentation states but after I try to logon the file permission are reset to 400!!!???) -rw------- 1 root root 753 Aug 22 22:42 smbpasswd Any Ideas on what the problem is. I also include my smb.conf file configuration see below: ############################################################################## # Samba config file created using SWAT # from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) # Date: 2004/08/19 22:56:38 # Global parameters [global] workgroup = NETSYS server string = NetSystems Samba Server encrypt passwords = Yes map to guest = Bad User log level = 2 time server = Yes unix extensions = Yes socket options = SO_KEEPALIVE IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY printcap name = CUPS add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -c Machine -d /dev/null -s /bin/false %m$ domain logons = Yes os level = 65 domain master = Yes security = user wins support = Yes printing = cups veto files = /*.eml/*.nws/riched20.dll/*.{*}/ [homes] comment = Home Directories valid users = %S read only = No create mask = 0640 directory mask = 0750 browseable = No [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/tmp create mask = 0600 printable = Yes browseable = No [print$] comment = Printer Drivers path = /var/lib/samba/drivers write list = @ntadmin root force group = ntadmin create mask = 0664 directory mask = 0775 ################################################################################ # Any help will be appreciated thank you Victor --