Hi, I am not able to reply to my post as getting access denied error. Please check it too. so trying to upload the reply with file. Here is a output of smb.conf file.. cat /etc/samba/smb.conf [global] security = ADS workgroup = HDMC realm = HDMC.HARLEY-DAVIDSON.COM log file = /var/log/samba/samba.log log level = 3 dos filemode = yes passdb backend = tdbsam:/var/lib/samba/private/passdb.tdb template shell = /bin/bash template homedir = /home/%U socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_KEEPALIVE TCP_KEEPIDLE=240 TCP_KEEPCNT=4 TCP_KEEPINTVL=15 idmap config * : backend = tdb idmap config * : range = 3000-7999 idmap config HDMC : backend = rid idmap config HDMC : range = 10000-9999999 idmap config HDMC : unix_nss_info = yes idmap config HDMC : unix_primary_group = yes winbind use default domain = Yes winbind refresh tickets = Yes vfs objects = acl_xattr map acl inherit = yes [Landing] path = /Landing valid user = "@HDMC\GRP-HDMC-HDADISA01-Landing-RW" read only = no vfs objects = aixacl2 [LandingIntegrations] path = /Landing/Integrations valid user = "@HDMC\GRP-HDMC-HDADISA01-LandingIntegrations-RW" read only = no create mask = 0777 force create mode = 0775 security mask = 0775 directory mask = 0777 force directory mode = 0775 access based share enum = yes writable = yes ... .... .... .... ... .... -------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, HD Team