Hi openSUSE 12.1 server and client. I can't get the s4 fileserver nor uid:gid mappings working with s4. I used nfs and idmapd instead. It's working, but I've a couple of qns. 1. Server fqdn hh3.hh3.site Samba 4, DNS and NFS4 I set up the nfs server with GSSAPI as in this screenshot: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IspbLnfxizc/Txsp-Z1z1tI/AAAAAAAAADk/lsgel498elg/s1600/yastnfs1.png The nfs server would not start until I had made a nfs principal and stuck it in the keytab. Then I could mount the share and users were mapped correctly, home directory permissions OK etc. (I'd previously adder Linux attributes to LDAP). Everything fine so far. klist -k /etc/krb5.keytab 1 nfs/hh3.hh3.site at HH3.SITE 1 nfs/hh3.hh3.site at HH3.SITE 1 nfs/hh3.hh3.site at HH3.SITE 2. Client. fqdn hh6.hh3.site, Samba 3.6 smb.conf: workgroup = CACTUS realm = HH3.SITE security = ADS kerberos method = system keytab Join the domain: net ads join -U Administrator net ads keytab add nfs klist -k /etc/krb5.keytab 1 host/hh6.hh3.site at HH3.SITE 1 host/hh6.hh3.site at HH3.SITE 1 host/hh6.hh3.site at HH3.SITE 1 host/hh6 at HH3.SITE 1 host/hh6 at HH3.SITE 1 host/hh6 at HH3.SITE 1 HH6$@HH3.SITE 1 HH6$@HH3.SITE 1 HH6$@HH3.SITE 1 nfs/hh6.hh3.site at HH3.SITE 1 nfs/hh6.hh3.site at HH3.SITE 1 nfs/hh6.hh3.site at HH3.SITE 1 nfs/hh6 at HH3.SITE 1 nfs/hh6 at HH3.SITE 1 nfs/hh6 at HH3.SITE mount -t nfs4 hh3:/ /home Amazingly still OK. Samba 4 users can login, get correctly mapped files, edit etc. I now mv the keytab and recreate it _without_ nfs. It still mounts! Why does the server(s4) need the nfs principal but the client(s3) not? How can I tell if Kerberos is working? Cheers, Steve