I want to configure samba to use encypted passwods and when that is enabled in smb.conf samba works fine although on the next line I am supposed to define the password db type. If I use the defualt no one can login with samba or access samba shares. When I comment out that line it works although I am not sure what I should put in its place. Below is the text from the conf file I have read the man page althouth I did not see anyting on the db type. # You may wish to use password encryption. See the section on # 'encrypt passwords' in the smb.conf(5) manpage before enabling. encrypt passwords = true # If you are using encrypted passwords, Samba will need to know what # password database type you are using. # passdb backend = tdbsam guest Jim