hello, here is my problem I'm using samba 3.0.14a (debian) with ldapbackend in october I could join machine to domain without problem but today it doesn't work after some experiment I manage to see that even pdbedit was not working well for example pdbedit -a -m -u zigo give me this error ldapsam_add_sam_account: User exists without samba attributes: adding them init_ldap_from_sam: Setting entry for user: zigo$ smbldap_modify: dn => [cn=zigo$,ou=Systems,dc=domain,dc=int] ldapsam_modify_entry: Failed to modify user dn= cn=zigo$,ou=Systems,dc=domain,dc=int with: Object class violation object class 'sambaSamAccount' requires attribute 'sambaSID' ldapsam_add_sam_account: failed to modify/add user with uid = zigo$ (dn = cn=zigo$,ou=Systems,dc=domain,dc=int) Unable to add machine! (does it already exist?) in my ldap base zigo$ exist like this dn:cn=zigo$,ou=Systems,dc=domain,dc=int objectClass: top objectClass: inetOrgPerson objectClass: posixAccount uidNumber: 7297 uid: zigo$ cn: zigo$ sn: zigo$ gidNumber: 604 homeDirectory: /dev/null loginShell: /bin/false gecos: Machine Account description: Machine Account I have found nothing on the net to help me so if you have any idea thanks cyril