Dear All, I have succesfully managed to have my kerberos configured n working without error when i say kinit Administrator and after entering password it works fine my krb5.conf -------------- [logging] default = FILE:/var/log/krb5libs.log kdc = FILE:/var/log/krb5kdc.log admin_server = FILE:/var/log/kadmind.log [libdefaults] default_realm = BALADIA.LOCAL dns_lookup_kdc = false dns_lookup_realm = false [realms] BALADIA.LOCAL = { default_domain = baladia.local kdc = 172.16.2.227:88 admin_server = 172.16.2.227:749 kdc = KMUN } [domain_realm] baladia.local = BALADIA.LOCAL -------------------------------- klist shows icket cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_0 Default principal: Administrator at BALADIA.LOCAL Valid starting Expires Service principal 03/26/09 11:33:04 03/26/09 21:33:18 krbtgt/BALADIA.LOCAL at BALADIA.LOCAL renew until 03/27/09 11:33:04 Kerberos 4 ticket cache: /tmp/tkt0 klist: You have no tickets cached ------------------------ now i configured /etc/samba/smb.conf but when i try to join the domain net ads join -U Administrator Administrator's password: [2009/03/26 21:58:05, 0] utils/net_ads.c:ads_startup_int(286) ads_connect: No logon servers Failed to join domain: No logon servers after googling and tryin various options in /etc/samba/smb.conf file here is the latest smb.conf file --------------------- [global] #--authconfig--start-line-- # Generated by authconfig on 2009/03/26 12:50:28 # DO NOT EDIT THIS SECTION (delimited by --start-line--/--end-line--) # Any modification may be deleted or altered by authconfig in future workgroup = BALADIA.LOCAL ; password server = kmun.baladia.local password server = 172.16.2.227 realm = KMUN.BALADIA.LOCAL security = ads idmap uid = 16777216-33554431 idmap gid = 16777216-33554431 winbind separator = + template shell = /bin/bash winbind use default domain = true winbind offline logon = false encrypt passwords = yes log level = 3 #--authconfig--end-line-- encrypt passwords = yes dns proxy = no server string = Samba Server Version %v os level = 20 client use spnego = no server signing = auto -------------------------------------- where i could be goin wrong i would be thankful and really apprecite your advice for any setting in my smb.conf file Is there anything else to check when i run testparam it gives no errors thnks and Regards Fabian -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.