On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Hung Hua wrote: hh> I can't see to get my Linux machine running Samba to authenticate with my NT hh> PDC machine. I can see my linux machine through Server Manager on NT4 and I hh> have configure smb.conf file with the following information: hh> hh> [global] hh> security = domain hh> domain logins = yes Try domain logons = yes don't recall 'domain logins' being a valid alternative for 'domain logons' but the above should fix the 'unknown parameter error' and get you moving forward again. hh> workgroup = OBJECTWORKS hh> password server = valhalla hh> encrypt passwords = yes hh> hh> Then after I ran the command "smbpasswd -j OBJECTWORKS -r valhalla" and I hh> get the following error: hh> hh> Unknow parameter encountered: "domain logins" hh> Ignoring unknown parameter "domain logins" hh> cli_net_auth2: Error NT_STATUS_NO_TRUST_SAM_ACCOUNT hh> cli_nt_setup_creds: auth2 challenge failed hh> modify_trust_password: unable to setup the PDC credentials to machine hh> VALHALLA. hh> Error was : NT_STATUS_NO_trust_account_password: Failed to cahnge password hh> for domain OBJECTWORKS. hh> Unable to join domain OBJECTWORKS. hh> hh> Does anyone know how to fix this problem. hh> hh> -- S.Toms - smotrs@mindspring.com - www.mindspring.com/~smotrs SuSE Linux v7.0+ - Kernel 2.2.18 The older a man gets, the farther he had to walk to school as a boy.