When a certain user tries to access shared folder provided by Samba, his account is always locked. I can't figure out where the problem is. Please help. --Masahiko Detail: We're using Active Directory by Windows 2000 Servers and use it for samba's authentication. When a certain domain user, say, MYDOMAIN\user1, tries to access to the remote resource \\LINUX1\user1 on a Linux server from his Windows XP PC (PC1), a pop-up window shows up and he types his account and password, but he always fails to access due to the account lock. His account was not locked when he tried to access to the remote resource, but now his account is locked. I'm sure his account and password are correct. I look for the logs stored in /var/log/samba, but I can't find any access log from PC1. However, 1) MYDOMAIN\user1 can access to PC1 using ssh or ftp 2) MYDOMAIN\user1 can access to shared folders \\PC2\shared or etc, in Windows Servers (PC2) 3) MYDOMAIN\user1 can access \\LINUX1\user1 from another PC (PC3) 4) Another user MYDOMAIN\user2 can use remote resource from PC1. In short, it causes problem only when MYDOMAIN\user1 tries to access from PC1 to the remote resources provided by samba. Enviroment: Dc1, dc2: windows 2000 server Linux1 : Fedora Core 4 (x86_64) + kernel 2.6.17 + samba 3.0.22c PC2 : Windows 2000 Server PC1, PC3 : Windows XP SP2 ====================Smb.conf ====================[global] netbios name = LINUX1 workgroup = MYDOMAIN server string = Samba Server printcap name = /etc/printcap load printers = yes cups options = raw log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 50 security = ads encrypt passwords = yes socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 wins server = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx dns proxy = no idmap uid = 10000000-20000000 idmap gid = 10000000-20000000 idmap backend = idmap_rid:MYDOMAIN=10000000-20000000 allow trusted domains = No template shell = /bin/bash password server = dc1 dc2 winbind use default domain = no realm = MYDOMAIN [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no writable = yes ==================/etc/krb5.conf ====================[logging] default = FILE:/var/log/krb5libs.log kdc = FILE:/var/log/krb5kdc.log admin_server = FILE:/var/log/kadmind.log [libdefaults] default_realm = MYDOMAIN dns_lookup_realm = false dns_lookup_kdc = false [realms] EXAMPLE.COM = { kdc = kerberos.example.com:88 admin_server = kerberos.example.com:749 default_domain = example.com } MYDOMAIN = { kdc = dc2 kdc = dc1 } [domain_realm] .mydomain = .MYDOMAIN mydomain.com = MYDOMAIN [kdc] profile = /var/kerberos/krb5kdc/kdc.conf [appdefaults] pam = { debug = false ticket_lifetime = 36000 renew_lifetime = 36000 forwardable = true krb4_convert = false }