I have a samba server setup with security = user (NT-domain). I use openldap for authentiation and that part is working fine. People can log in and see the files they have permission to. I need to have some public folders on the samba server that anybody can use (also non domain users (ie. WinXP Home users that can't join a domain)). And the printers should be public in the same way. Unfortunately this is not happening as I was hoping. Here is my smb.conf: --------------------------------------- [global] workgroup = jaegergaarden netbios name = mainserver security = user enable privileges = yes server string = Samba Server %v encrypt passwords = Yes admin users=root smbadmin ldap passwd sync = Yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = "Changing password for*\nNew password*" %n\n "*Retype new password*" %n\n" log level = 0 syslog = 0 log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 100000 time server = Yes socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 Unix charset = UTF8 display charset = UTF8 logon drive = P: logon home = \\mainserver\%U logon path = "" domain logons = Yes domain master = Yes os level = 65 preferred master = Yes wins support = yes passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://127.0.0.1/ ldap admin dn = cn=admin,dc=jaegergaarden,dc=skolesys,dc=org ldap suffix = dc=jaegergaarden,dc=skolesys,dc=org ldap group suffix = ou=Groups,ou=Samba ldap user suffix = ou=Users,ou=Samba ldap machine suffix = ou=Computers,ou=Samba add machine script = ss_hostmanager join_domain "%u" %D load printers = Yes create mask = 0640 directory mask = 0750 nt acl support = No printing = cups printcap name = cups deadtime = 10 guest account = nobody map to guest = Bad User dont descend = /proc,/dev,/etc,/lib,/lost+found,/initrd show add printer wizard = yes ; to maintain capital letters in shortcuts in any of the profile folders: preserve case = yes short preserve case = yes case sensitive = no [netlogon] path = /home/netlogon/ browseable = No read only = yes [homes] comment = Home Directories path = /skolesys/jaegergaarden.dk/users/%S/.windows browseable = yes read only = no create mode = 0600 directory mode = 0700 [profiles] path = /skolesys/jaegergaarden.dk/profiles read only = No create mask = 0600 directory mask = 0700 browseable = No guest ok = Yes profile acls = yes csc policy = disable force user = %U valid users = %U "Domain Admins" [printers] comment = Network Printers printer admin = @"Print Operators" guest ok = yes printable = yes path = /home/spool/ browseable = No read only = Yes printable = Yes print command = /usr/bin/lpr -P%p -r %s lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -P%p lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -P%p %j [print$] path = /home/printers guest ok = Yes browseable = Yes read only = Yes valid users = @"Print Operators" write list = @"Print Operators" create mask = 0664 directory mask = 0775 ------------------------------------------------ P.S. Profiles aren't working either, but let's take that another time Best regards Jakob Simon-Gaarde