> It occurs to me that the actual user that is logged into XP is > "DOMAIN\USERNAME" rather than the other... is there a way to have Samba > recognize this? I am wanting to get rid of the login required. Hi Shane, We have this setup running here, and it runs fine 99.9% of the time. The only time when we have issues is when a user has recently changed his/her password and this hasn't been synched to the proxy yet. This resolves itself quickly enough, so not really a problem. It seems to me that you have not set up Samba properly for authentication. I have the following set up in /etc/smb.conf: [global] workgroup = [OURDOMAIN] netbios name = [NETBIOS NAME OF OUR SERVER] server string = openSUSE 10.2 proxy server security = ads <--- tells Samba you are using Active Directory to authenticate against encrypt passwords = yes password server = [COMMA SEPARATED LIST OF OUR DOMAIN CONTROLLERS] log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 0 socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 # The settings below ensure Samba doesn't # become the master browser for this domain # Samba tends to be faster than our DC's preferred master = False local master = no domain master = False winbind separator = / winbind enum users = yes winbind enum groups = yes winbind use default domain = yes idmap uid = 10000-20000 idmap gid = 10000-20000 Also, take a look at your Kerberos configuration, to see if you have set that up properly and if the proxy machine has been added to the domain properly. Check the output of the following commands: # kinit [username]@[domain] (without the brackets) This should prompt you for the password for the specified user After this, try the following: # klist -e This will show any cached Kerberos tickets on your server # net ads testjoin This will test if your join to the domain is valid # wbinfo -t Checks the machine trust account # wbinfo -u List domain users If any of these commands give you errors, verify your configuration. Last, but not least, test if you can authenticate with ntlm_auth: # /path/to/ntlm_auth --username=[user] This should give you a password prompt. Hope that helps! Regards, Joop ------------------------------------------------------------ Dit bericht is gescand op virussen en andere gevaarlijke inhoud door MailScanner en lijkt schoon te zijn. Mailscanner door http://www.prosolit.nl Professional Solutions fot IT