Paul, Here's what I've done but I'm still receiving the same error message:
1) I've removed the domain admin user & domain admin group from the smb.conf file 2) I've switched from the smbpasswd backend to tdbsam 3) I've changed smbpasswd to smbpassw.old 4) I've added the root user to the tdbsam database via pdbedit -a -u root and it gives me this output which seems to look just fine to me: Trying to load: tdbsam Attempting to register passdb backend ldapsam Successfully added passdb backend 'ldapsam' Attempting to register passdb backend ldapsam_compat Successfully added passdb backend 'ldapsam_compat' Attempting to register passdb backend smbpasswd Successfully added passdb backend 'smbpasswd' Attempting to register passdb backend tdbsam Successfully added passdb backend 'tdbsam' Attempting to register passdb backend guest Successfully added passdb backend 'guest' Attempting to find an passdb backend to match tdbsam (tdbsam) Found pdb backend tdbsam pdb backend tdbsam has a valid init Attempting to find an passdb backend to match guest (guest) Found pdb backend guest pdb backend guest has a valid init Netbios name list:- my_netbios_names[0]="SERVER" Trying to load: tdbsam Attempting to find an passdb backend to match tdbsam (tdbsam) Found pdb backend tdbsam pdb backend tdbsam has a valid init Attempting to find an passdb backend to match guest (guest) Found pdb backend guest pdb backend guest has a valid init Finding user root Trying _Get_Pwnam(), username as lowercase is root Get_Pwnam_internals did find user [root]! Home server: server Home server: server new password: retype new password: TDBSAM version too old (0), trying to convert it. TDBSAM converted successfully. Storing (new) account root with RID 1000 Home server: server Home server: server Unix username: root NT username: Account Flags: [U ] User SID: S-1-5-21-1861440459-1144414950-1732935726-1000 Primary Group SID: S-1-5-21-1861440459-1144414950-1732935726-1001 Full Name: root Home Directory: \\server\root HomeDir Drive: Logon Script: Profile Path: \\server\root\profile Domain: ECHOFIENDS Account desc: Workstations: Munged dial: Logon time: 0 Logoff time: Mon, 18 Jan 2038 20:14:07 GMT Kickoff time: Mon, 18 Jan 2038 20:14:07 GMT Password last set: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:30:16 GMT Password can change: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:30:16 GMT Password must change: Mon, 18 Jan 2038 20:14:07 GMT Last bad password : 0 Bad password count : 0 Logon hours : FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF I'm really stumped now, any other suggestions? -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba