Hello, I'm pretty new to samba, and need some advice on what i need to setup, so that it would not be an "overkill" or some cheap solution. The Existing is: - A domain with a some servers and 50+ clients. - One of the servers has some folders which you can map as a network drive, with a user-name@domain.com and a password. - That computer has a restriction of 10 simultaneously users. What I was planning to do: - Setup a Linux box with samba, and mount those folders to it, then share so that people can map/connect the same way as they do today with user-name and password. Additional info: - The username does not really need to be the usernames they have today. I can use a single "static one" if that is easier that going through AD - I still need to keep that windows server, as there is some programs running at the same folders as we need to share. Questions: - I got some good howtos on setting up with ad and file sharing, but is that really necessary? - Do i need that to connect to the file server to map the drives? Any suggestions is good as I'm new to this. Best Regards Tor Harald Thorland