Hello Guys, I am having an issue trying to populate the database. If anyone can give me a clue of what I can do to resolve this it would be great. Thanks Adrian Sender. Please email me if you know how to resolve this : adrian_au1@hotmail.com Here is the error. [root@node1 sbin]# ./smbldap-populate -a root -k 0 -m 0 Populating LDAP directory for domain DDESIGN (S-1-5-21-2208352985-4221087891-475549611) (using builtin directory structure) adding new entry: dc=ddesign,dc=com failed to add entry: modifications require authentication at ./smbldap-populate line 471, <GEN1> line 2. adding new entry: ou=People,dc=ddesign,dc=com failed to add entry: modifications require authentication at ./smbldap-populate line 471, <GEN1> line 3. adding new entry: ou=Groups,dc=ddesign,dc=com failed to add entry: modifications require authentication at ./smbldap-populate line 471, <GEN1> line 4. adding new entry: ou=People,dc=ddesign,dc=com failed to add entry: modifications require authentication at ./smbldap-populate line 471, <GEN1> line 5. adding new entry: ou=Idmap,dc=ddesign,dc=com failed to add entry: modifications require authentication at ./smbldap-populate line 471, <GEN1> line 6. adding new entry: uid=root,ou=People,dc=ddesign,dc=com failed to add entry: modifications require authentication at ./smbldap-populate line 471, <GEN1> line 7. adding new entry: uid=nobody,ou=People,dc=ddesign,dc=com failed to add entry: modifications require authentication at ./smbldap-populate line 471, <GEN1> line 8. adding new entry: cn=Domain Admins,ou=Groups,dc=ddesign,dc=com failed to add entry: modifications require authentication at ./smbldap-populate line 471, <GEN1> line 9. adding new entry: cn=Domain Users,ou=Groups,dc=ddesign,dc=com failed to add entry: modifications require authentication at ./smbldap-populate line 471, <GEN1> line 10. adding new entry: cn=Domain Guests,ou=Groups,dc=ddesign,dc=com failed to add entry: modifications require authentication at ./smbldap-populate line 471, <GEN1> line 11. adding new entry: cn=Domain Computers,ou=Groups,dc=ddesign,dc=com failed to add entry: modifications require authentication at ./smbldap-populate line 471, <GEN1> line 12. adding new entry: cn=Administrators,ou=Groups,dc=ddesign,dc=com failed to add entry: modifications require authentication at ./smbldap-populate line 471, <GEN1> line 16. adding new entry: cn=Account Operators,ou=Groups,dc=ddesign,dc=com failed to add entry: modifications require authentication at ./smbldap-populate line 471, <GEN1> line 18. adding new entry: cn=Print Operators,ou=Groups,dc=ddesign,dc=com failed to add entry: modifications require authentication at ./smbldap-populate line 471, <GEN1> line 19. adding new entry: cn=Backup Operators,ou=Groups,dc=ddesign,dc=com failed to add entry: modifications require authentication at ./smbldap-populate line 471, <GEN1> line 20. adding new entry: cn=Replicators,ou=Groups,dc=ddesign,dc=com failed to add entry: modifications require authentication at ./smbldap-populate line 471, <GEN1> line 21. adding new entry: sambaDomainName=DDESIGN,dc=ddesign,dc=com failed to add entry: modifications require authentication at ./smbldap-populate line 471, <GEN1> line 21. Please provide a password for the domain root: No such object at /opt/IDEALX/sbin//smbldap_tools.pm line 341.