On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Hung Hua wrote: hh> I have finally got Samba machine to join the NT domain with the hh> this linux command "smbpasswd -j Domain -r server". I am still Glad to hear you got it to join. hh> having problem accessing the share that I created on the Linux hh> machine. It still prompt me for my user name and password when I hh> try to connect to it. I can connect to it if I enter in the user hh> name that I created in the linux machine but I can attach to it hh> using the NT user name. One of the Samba document ask me to hh> create a "domainuser.mapping" file to map Unix name to NT user hh> name (eg. root = administrator). I did create that but I don't hh> know where to put the file. hh> You can usually place the file wherever you want, but typically it's where you keep the rest of your samba configuration files. For example, the following: domain user map = /usr/samba/domainuser.mapping I've also seen domain user map = /etc/samba/domainuser.mapping you will want to be sure you have the formatting correct within the file. This is: UnixUsername = [\\Domain\\]NTUserName not sure if case sensitivity is a factor. hh> Does anyone know how to set up Samba to authenticate with a NT PDC hh> domain properly? Or even where I can find information on how to hh> perform this. I am trying to setup Samba as a file server and hh> only allow certain NT user to access certain share base on the NT hh> logon authentication. hh> Take a peek at O'Reilly's website, there's a great samba book available for purchase as well as downloadable pdf. Should contain everything you need. Well worth the cost if you decide to purchase it. Anyway, let me know if the above helps. By the way, got your message that you sent me privately, but noticed you got it solved before I got home from work. hh> -- S.Toms - smotrs@mindspring.com - www.mindspring.com/~smotrs SuSE Linux v7.0+ - Kernel 2.2.18 You know you've been spending too much time on the computer when your friend misdates a check, and you suggest adding a "++" to fix it.