Hello, You might want to double check the settings in <code class="filename">/etc/smbldap-tools/smbldap.conf and </code><code class="filename">/etc/smbldap-tools/smbldap_bind.conf</code>. It looks like the admin user smbldap-populate is using to bind to your LDAP directory isn't correct. <pre class="screen">Thanks, </pre> <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 5:10 AM, Kaushal Shriyan <<a href="mailto:kaushalshriyan@gmail.com">kaushalshriyan@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi, I am following <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/8.10/serverguide/C/samba-ldap.html" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/8.10/serverguide/C/samba-ldap.html</a> and ldap works perfectly fine. I have issues with connecting to ldap from samba. I get [2009/10/27 12:37:28, 1] lib/smbldap.c:another_ldap_try(1153) Connection to LDAP server failed for the 9 try! [2009/10/27 12:37:29, 2] lib/smbldap.c:smbldap_open_connection(786) smbldap_open_connection: connection opened [2009/10/27 12:37:29, 2] lib/smbldap.c:smbldap_connect_system(982) failed to bind to server ldap://localhost/ with dn="cn=admin,dc=mt,dc=webaroo,dc=com" Error: Can't contact LDAP server (unknown) I have ldapserver running on the same server as samba server is running. when i run ldapsearch -x -H ldaps://localhost. I am able to see the user details. Please let me know if anyone needs configs and additional information. Also when i run smbldap-populate, i get <a href="http://paste.ubuntu.com/302630/" target="_blank">http://paste.ubuntu.com/302630/</a> Thanks, Kaushal -- ubuntu-server mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server</a> More info: <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam</a> </blockquote></div> -- Party On, Adam