moin moin, I've been playing more with this non-functioning samba setup. $ nmblookup -S $adbox added interface ip=$clientIP bcast=$broadcastaddy nmask=$netmask Socket opened. querying $adbox on $broadcastaddy Got a positive name query response from $adboxIP ( $adboxIP ) $adboxIP $adbox<00> Looking up status of $adboxIP $ADBOX <00> - M $DOMAIN <00> - M $DOMAIN <1c> - M $ADBOX <20> - M $DOMAIN <1b> - M $DOMAIN <1e> - M $ADBOX <03> - M $DOMAIN <1d> - M ..__MSBROWSE__. <01> - M ADMINISTRATOR <03> - M MAC Address = $somemacaddy $ kinit $username@$DOMAIN.COM kinit(v5): KRB5 error code 68 while getting initial credentials [lufthans@addon lufthans]$ kinit $username@$DOMAIN kinit(v5): Cannot resolve network address for KDC in requested realm while getting initial credentials $adbox == the m$ box name in lower case $ADBOX == the m$ box name in upper case $DOMAIN == the client's name in upper case $adboxIP == the IP addy of the m$ box $clientIP == the IP addy of the samba box Talking to someone who knows kerberos let me know that I need kerberos working. He had to sleep before I could get help with the kinit questions. Is there a better way to test whether or not kerberos is working? As a reminder, the goal is to get the samba shares to be viewable via normal network browsing from m$ desktops. ciao, der.hans -- # https://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.CiscoLearning.org/ # "Hindsight is always 20/20, unless seen through beer goggles." -- der.hans --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss