Hi We have the following setup: = freebsd 5.2-release with Samba 3.0.10 = samba uses 'security = domain' and authenticates against a W2K ADS = this works fine for all users EXCEPT Administrator The log for the connecting host lists: domain_client_validate: unable to validate password for user Administrator in domain OURDOM to Domain controller \\OURLDAP. Error was NT_STATUS_WRONG_PASSWORD. and [2005/03/15 14:09:17, 0] auth/auth_util.c:make_server_info_info3(1134) make_server_info_info3: pdb_init_sam failed! The password is 100% sure OK (we use NIS and SFU to logon to the FreeBSD box and this works fine for all accounts with the same password). We tried several things (adding a local user Administrator etc etc), but no go. Any help appreciated Willem