I still can't create the user home directory while creating the user account under win2003 AD. once i put the path in for the home directory "\\server\%username%" i get "the home folder could not be created because: the network name cannot be found" I am sure somebody must came across creating users home before - can anybody help please smb.conf [global] security = ADS workgroup = CAD realm = CAD.TESTDOMAIN netbios name = itbox preferred master = no password server = 192.168.1.6 client use spnego = yes server signing = auto encrypt passwords = yes nt acl support = no obey pam restrictions = yes winbind separator = + idmap uid = 1000-20000 idmap gid = 1000-20000 winbind enum users = yes winbind enum groups = yes winbind use default domain = yes winbind cache time = 0 winbind nested groups = yes template homedir = /home/%D/%U template shell = /bin/bash log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log log level = 3 max log size= 50 socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.0. 127. [homes] comment = Home Directories read only = No browseable = No directory mask = 0700 create mask = 0700