Hello, I have installed a debian etch testing unstable on a dell pe sc420 server. I have configured smb.conf and i have added passdb backend = smbpassw:/etc/samba/smbpasswd . when i test the smb.conf by testparm , no message appears. However , when i try to connect with a windows xp pro in the network by: drive : Y folder : \\server ip address\name of a folder in smb.conf file When ok is made : this panel appears : user: passwd: when i fill these entries , this reappears with this : user : pc's hostname\name of folder in smb.conf file passwd: ........ i the log message , we can find : auth/auth-util..... create_builtin_users: failed to create users failed to create builtin\administrator groups samba 3.0 23b-2 is used Thanks --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail r?invente le mail ! D?couvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail et son interface r?volutionnaire.