On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 10:25 +0100, Kevin Thorpe wrote: > [root at database samba]# smbpasswd kevin > New SMB password: > Retype new SMB password: > Failed to find entry for user kevin. > Failed to modify password entry for user kevin > > Yet I can still connect to the shares as kevin..... strange --- And replying to you again if the user "kevin" is a System User You will still be able to connect to the share. john