Hi, This is probably a tough one and there might not be an easy solution. Here goes: Could anyone give me some ideas on how I could use PHP to authenticate a user logon against either a *nix or NT system. In the case of a *nix, it would be Linux with existing accounts held in typical passwd / shadow format (MD5). I know I could utilise FTP functions but I would like to use a more elegant solution. The difficult one is authenticating against an NT. I was wondering if there might be some sort of Samba API I could use (thinking along the lines that Samba can be configured to authenticate within an "NT domain"). Does anyone have any experience in this area that might be able to give me some ideas - at least to get started? Thanks, Chris -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]