Ignore the LDAP portion enterily. Windows domain controllers do LDAP yes, but it's still a windows domain. The limitation of a Native Windows 2003 Active Directory is that domain controllers must be Windows 2003, so no Windows 2000 or Windows NT domain controllers. A Windows 2003 Native Active Directory still supports WinXP, Win2k, Win9x, WinNT4, etc...so as long as the version of samba you're running can join a domain, you're more or less set. Setup samba as a domain member, setup winbind if you want to use the windows domain to login clients to Linux workstations, etc. Read the Official Samba 3 HOWTO. :) I'd suggesst upgrading the older versions of Samba to the latest version. If that isn't an option, samba can still join the domain, but IMHO, you're better off maintaining one version of samba than many different versions, you'll just end up confusing yourself getting the differences between 2.x and 3.x figured out. -- Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://andy.zibnet.us A password is like your underwear; Change it frequently, don't share it with others, and don't ask to borrow someone else's. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list