Hi can someone explain me please exactly how these scripts work ? How can i have them automatically add users etc? If i add use them like this i get the NT STATUS CONNECTION REFUSED errors # Useradd scripts add user script = /usr/sbin/adduser --quiet --disabled-password --gecos "" %u delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel -r %u add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd %g delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel %g add user to group script = /usr/sbin/usernod -G %g %u add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false/ -d /var/lib/nobody %u idmap uid = 15000-20000 dmap gid = 15000-20000 template shell = /bin/bash the samba server is a stand along server. This is my conf. Please advise: [global] log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m template homedir = //192.168.10.198/home/%U hide unreadable = yes logon drive = H: hide dot files = yes null passwords = no hosts allow = ALL netbios name = Master server string = %h server (Samba, Debian) logon script = \\192.168.10.198\netlogon\%U.bat workgroup = OCR logon path = \\192.168.10.198\%U security = user domain logons = yes log level = 3 winbind cache time = 10 #socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 [homes] comment = Homes browseable = yes writable = yes valid users = %S read only = no create mode = 0600 directory mode = 0700 path = /home/%U