samba - Jul 2006 - user login ldap problems, misunderstandings

hi,

i have managed to set up samba and ldap to work together i have got
machines joined to the server, used IDEALX to create default entries.

i can log into the machines with root and nobody accouts but nobody
elses. i have added on about 80 users to ldap but none of them can login
they all appear to have posix and samba attributes in the ldap
directory.

i am geting a bit confused also by this smbpasswd do i need to run it
for each user in ldap, i kinda figured i did not but got a little
confused when reading others posts on the web.

also where can i look to find why the logins are failed i have the samba
log level set to 3 which i believe is the highest but nothing shows up
to show that an attempt was made.

any help with log files to check levels to change or anything that can
help me figure out where i am going wrong, as samba and ldap seem to
work and communicate fine.

any help appreciated thxs

i have managed to come so far not knowing ldap or samba to this point.

okay managed to get accounts working by running smbpasswd username then
entering there password, 

is there anyway i can make it use ldap or fill in the list from ldap, i
have about 80 users in there and need to add about 800 more i do not
want to sit and enter the password for around 900 users must be an
easier way?

it was very easy  to get the accounts into ldap beacause i generated the
ldifs from a userlist using calc.