A W7 Pro client is able to join a W2k3 AD Domain OK. However, a couple of issues; Windows network shares map OK, Unix shares thro Samba do not map OK. A Domain User on the W7 Pro client is able to see all servers on network and to drill down the storage and secure and sensitive data without being asked for credentials

Possible problem stem from the fact that W 7 is using SMB version 2.1, while Samba is using SMB version 1.0. You should force W 7 to use compatible SMB, which means version 1.0. http://www.petri.co.il/how-to-disable-smb-2-on-windows-vista-or-server-2008.htm Regards Milos

Hi, In addition, please also try to modify the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\restrictanonymous value to 0 or 1 to test the issue. For more information regarding Lan Manager authentication level, please refer to the following Microsoft KB article: Client, service, and program incompatibilities that may occur when you modify security settings and user rights assignments http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823659 Regards, Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Many thanks All, the answer in the end came down to a trailing backslash char on a variable string in the kix32 script, see below $server3="\\server.fqdn\Reports\" $server3="\\server.fqdn\Reports" the 2nd line then worked ok on XP and W7 clients