hi this is my smb.conf [global] workgroup = SRE server string = Samba Server security = ads log file = /var/samba/log/log.%m max log size = 50 dns proxy = No realm = SRE.COM winbind separator = + winbind enum users = yes * template homedir = /export/home/%U* idmap domains = SRE idmap config SRE:default = yes idmap config SRE:backend = tdb idmap config SRE:range = 10000-20000 idmap alloc backend = tdb idmap alloc config:range = 10000-20000 log level = 10 max log size = 1024 use kerberos keytab = true [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no writable = yes create mode = 0666 directory mode = 0777 vfs objects = zfsacl nt acl support = true *force user = %U* read only = No like %U is there any option for getting groups from AD..that means if the ad user loged in to domain,,* template homedir = /export/home/%U *displayes a temp folder with that pirticular group na..like that i want to create temp folder's with group name* *any chance..?* *thanks Ben.T.George* *