The specs: Fedora Core 1 samba-3.0.7-2.FC1 openssh-3.6.1p2-19 pam-0.77-15 The details: SAMBA is installed computer is connected to the a Windows 2000 domain wbinfo -u / -g / -t all give the desired results getent passwd lists domain users /etc/pam.d/sshd: auth sufficient pam_winbind.so auth required pam_stack.so service=system-auth auth required pam_nologin.so account sufficient pam_winbind.so account required pam_stack.so service=system-auth password sufficient pam_winbind.so use_authtok password required pam_stack.so service=system-auth session required pam_stack.so service=system-auth #session required pam_limits.so #session optional pam_console.so /etc/pam.d/system-auth: # This file is auto-generated. # User changes will be destroyed the next time authconfig is run. auth required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_env.so auth sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so likeauth nullok auth required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_deny.so account required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so password required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_cracklib.so retry=3 typepassword sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so nullok use_authtok md5 shadow password required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_deny.so session required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel uma sk=0022 session required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_limits.so session required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so The problem: If I try to log in through ssh the messages log file shows I have been granted access but the ssh session shows I have been disconnected from the server. The secure log shows: Mar 9 11:10:43 webb sshd[2315]: Accepted password for matt from 1xx.2xx.1x.1xx port 1022 Mar 9 11:10:43 webb sshd[2317]: fatal: PAM session setup failed[6]: Permission denied Now if I create a directory in /export/httpd/users/ called matt I can log in with no problem. If I change the permissions on the /export/httpd/users/ directory to 777 I can log in with no problem. So obviously pam_mkhomedir.so isn't being run with the correct permissions. I don't want to have to generate directories for each user in our AD so hopefully someone can point out what I am missing. As a test I set up another machine running Core3 with a standard install and it worked without a hitch. I have compared the files between the two systems and everything looks about the same.... Any help would be greatly appreciated! matt