could not fetch trust account password for domain

did you added the machine account?

here is a mini how to for PDC

http://daniel.fiser.cz/?go=samba

I do not want to setup the Linux machine as a PDC. I have it setup to just be a member server in a windows 2000 domain.

then maybe the error shown
"However I setup a user to access a share I created in samba and I still get the could not fetch trust account password for domain error showing up in the log."

it's because your winbindd is not configured yet ?

I would think that that was it except I can write fine to the home direcotry just not any new share I create. No once again I seem to have lost myself

here is my samba config incase i did it wrong

# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0)
# Date: 2004/03/23 14:29:55

# Global parameters
[global]
      coding system =
      client code page = 850
      code page directory = /etc/codepages
      workgroup = DMG2K
      netbios name = SLACK91
      netbios aliases =
      netbios scope =
      server string = Slackware 9.1
      interfaces =
      bind interfaces only = No
      security = DOMAIN
      encrypt passwords = Yes
      update encrypted = No
      allow trusted domains = Yes
      hosts equiv =
      min passwd length = 5
      map to guest = Never
      null passwords = No
      obey pam restrictions = No
      password server = 192.168.100.4
      smb passwd file = /etc/samba/private/smbpasswd
      root directory =
      pam password change = No
      passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd
      passwd chat = *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *changed*
      passwd chat debug = No
      username map =
      password level = 0
      username level = 0
      unix password sync = No
      restrict anonymous = No
      lanman auth = Yes
      use rhosts = No
      ssl = No
      ssl hosts =
      ssl hosts resign =
      ssl CA certDir = /etc/ssl/certs
      ssl CA certFile =
      ssl server cert =
      ssl server key =
      ssl client cert =
      ssl client key =
      ssl egd socket =
      ssl entropy file =
      ssl entropy bytes = 256
      ssl require clientcert = No
      ssl require servercert = No
      ssl ciphers =
      ssl version = ssl2or3
      ssl compatibility = No
      admin log = No
      log level = 0
      syslog = 1
      syslog only = No
      log file = /var/log/samba.%m
      max log size = 50
      timestamp logs = Yes
      debug hires timestamp = No
      debug pid = No
      debug uid = No
      protocol = NT1
      large readwrite = Yes
      max protocol = NT1
      min protocol = CORE
      read bmpx = No
      read raw = Yes
      write raw = Yes
      acl compatibility =
      nt smb support = Yes
      nt pipe support = Yes
      nt status support = Yes
      announce version = 4.9
      announce as = NT
      max mux = 50
      max xmit = 16644
      name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
      max ttl = 259200
      max wins ttl = 518400
      min wins ttl = 21600
      time server = No
      unix extensions = No
      change notify timeout = 60
      deadtime = 0
      getwd cache = Yes
      keepalive = 300
      lpq cache time = 10
      max smbd processes = 0
      max disk size = 0
      max open files = 10000
      name cache timeout = 660
      read size = 16384
      socket options = TCP_NODELAY
      stat cache size = 50
      use mmap = Yes
      total print jobs = 0
      load printers = Yes
      printcap name = /etc/printcap
      disable spoolss = No
      enumports command =
      addprinter command =
      deleteprinter command =
      show add printer wizard = Yes
      os2 driver map =
      strip dot = No
      mangling method = hash
      character set =
      mangled stack = 50
      stat cache = Yes
      domain admin group =
      domain guest group =
      machine password timeout = 604800
      add user script =
      delete user script =
      logon script =
      logon path = \\%N\%U\profile
      logon drive =
      logon home = \\%N\%U
      domain logons = No
      os level = 20
      lm announce = Auto
      lm interval = 60
      preferred master = Auto
      local master = Yes
      domain master = No
      browse list = Yes
      enhanced browsing = Yes
      dns proxy = No
      wins proxy = No
      wins server = 192.168.100.4
      wins support = No
      wins hook =
      kernel oplocks = Yes
      lock spin count = 3
      lock spin time = 10
      oplock break wait time = 0
      add share command =
      change share command =
      delete share command =
      config file =
      preload =
      lock dir = /var/cache/samba
      pid directory = /var/run/samba
      utmp directory =
      wtmp directory =
      utmp = No
      default service =
      message command =
      dfree command =
      valid chars =
      remote announce =
      remote browse sync =
      socket address = 0.0.0.0
      homedir map =
      time offset = 0
      NIS homedir = No
      source environment =
      panic action =
      hide local users = No
      host msdfs = No
      winbind uid =
      winbind gid =
      template homedir = /home/%D/%U
      template shell = /bin/false
      winbind separator = \
      winbind cache time = 15
      winbind enum users = Yes
      winbind enum groups = Yes
      winbind use default domain = No
      comment =
      path =
      alternate permissions = No
      username =
      guest account = nobody
      invalid users =
      valid users =
      admin users =
      read list =
      write list =
      printer admin =
      force user =
      force group =
      read only = Yes
      create mask = 0744
      force create mode = 00
      security mask = 0777
      force security mode = 00
      directory mask = 0755
      force directory mode = 00
      directory security mask = 0777
      force directory security mode = 00
      force unknown acl user = 00
      inherit permissions = No
      inherit acls = No
      guest only = No
      guest ok = No
      only user = No
      hosts allow =
      hosts deny =
      status = Yes
      nt acl support = Yes
      profile acls = No
      block size = 1024
      max connections = 0
      min print space = 0
      strict allocate = No
      strict sync = No
      sync always = No
      write cache size = 0
      max print jobs = 1000
      printable = No
      postscript = No
      printing = bsd
      print command = lpr -r -P%p %s
      lpq command = lpq -P%p
      lprm command = lprm -P%p %j
      lppause command =
      lpresume command =
      queuepause command =
      queueresume command =
      printer name =
      use client driver = No
      default devmode = No
      printer driver =
      printer driver file = /etc/samba/printers.def
      printer driver location =
      default case = lower
      case sensitive = No
      preserve case = Yes
      short preserve case = Yes
      mangle case = No
      mangling char = ~
      hide dot files = Yes
      hide unreadable = No
      delete veto files = No
      veto files =
      hide files =
      veto oplock files =
      map system = No
      map hidden = No
      map archive = Yes
      mangled names = Yes
      mangled map =
      browseable = Yes
      blocking locks = Yes
      csc policy = manual
      fake oplocks = No
      locking = Yes
      oplocks = Yes
      level2 oplocks = Yes
      oplock contention limit = 2
      posix locking = Yes
      strict locking = No
      share modes = Yes
      copy =
      include =
      exec =
      preexec close = No
      postexec =
      root preexec =
      root preexec close = No
      root postexec =
      available = Yes
      volume =
      fstype = NTFS
      set directory = No
      wide links = Yes
      follow symlinks = Yes
      dont descend =
      magic script =
      magic output =
      delete readonly = No
      dos filemode = No
      dos filetimes = No
      dos filetime resolution = No
      fake directory create times = No
      vfs object =
      vfs options =
      msdfs root = No

[homes]
      comment = Home Directories
      read only = No
      browseable = No

[printers]
      comment = All Printers
      path = /var/spool/samba
      printable = Yes
      browseable = No

[htdocs]
      path = /var/www/htdocs
      read only = No

[man]
      comment = Man
      path = /usr/man
      read only = No

it remembers me the VASC (Very Advance Samba Configuration)

which is very old =)

try with a different smb.conf, but with only the minimum. for all the other, the defaults are okay.

this smaller one does not work either
# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0)
# Date: 2004/03/22 16:15:55

# Global parameters
[global]
    log file = /var/log/samba.%m
    dns proxy = No
    netbios name = SLACK91
    server string = Slackware 9.1
    wins server = 192.168.100.4
    workgroup = dmg2k
    os level = 20
    domain master = yes
    encrypt passwords = yes
    security = domain
    ssl ca certdir = /etc/ssl/certs
    max log size = 50

[homes]
    comment = Home Directories
    read only = No
    browseable = No

[printers]
    comment = All Printers
    path = /var/spool/samba
    printable = Yes
    browseable = No

[htdocs]
    writeable = yes
    path = /var/www/htdocs


[man]
    comment = Man
    writeable = yes
    path = /usr/man

oh I figured it out. I never double checked the folder permissions. I was focusing on the share permissions.
I used KDE to giv ethe group write access to the folder but I was wondering if chmod would be a better way and does that allow me to specify a specific user or jsut the owner of the file/folder?
thanks