hi, i installed samba with openldap support and all works fine ... I used scripts called smbldap_passwd (from idealx) to change the password of users on the linux server. I modified the parameter of the file smbldap.conf "hash_encrypt" to PLAINTEXT (I know it's dangerous but it's just for test). When i change the user's password with the command smblda_password , the encrpytion's format is good for the 3 following passwords : sambalmpassword,sambantpassword and userPassword.So the userPassword 's format is PLAINTEXT. All is good. But when a user change his password under windows XP or 2000 (ctrl-alt-sup + change password), it's ok but the userpassword 's format has changed .The format is SMD5 and not plaintext. what configuration'file i have to change to keep format plaintext when a user change his password under windows xp/2000? Thanks for your help