I'm trying to set up a Samba file server inside of an NT4 domain. I'm using Samba 3.0.10 My config files are at the bottom of this post. The server appears on the windows network inside the domain called for in it's smb.conf. But when you try to access it from any client which does not have an account on the box it prompts for a user name and password. When you enter a user name and password of a user on the NT4 domain, you are unable to log in. It feels as if the box is a member of the domain, but is not getting it's users and groups lists from the domain controller. Can anyone tell me how to resolve this, and what mechanism handles how the server gets this info from the domain controller? The physical share folder is at /mnt/PublicShare with permissions of 777 and owner:group of root:root. My smb.conf looks like this: ########################################### # Samba config file created using SWAT # from 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) # Date: 2005/08/10 08:56:53 # Global parameters [global] workgroup = CILNET server string = CILTESTSERVER security = DOMAIN auth methods = winbind password server = 10.1.0.4 preferred master = No domain master = No wins server = 10.1.0.4 ldap ssl = no idmap uid = 10000-20000 idmap gid = 10000-20000 winbind separator = / winbind use default domain = Yes [PublicShare] comment = Public Share path = /mnt/publicshare read only = No guest ok = Yes ########################################### My nsswitch.conf looks like this: ########################################### # # /etc/nsswitch.conf passwd: files winbind shadow: files winbind group: files winbind hosts: files dns bootparams: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files ethers: files netmasks: files networks: files protocols: files winbind ###########################################