> [1999/01/07 17:08:38, 0] passdb/sampassdb.c:pwdb_sam_map_names(517) > UNIX User root Primary Group is in the wrong domain! S-1-5-32-544 S-1-5-0x21-544 is local group "power users", i deduce that you have put an entry like this in localgroup.map: root=BUILTIN\"Power Users" where root is the unix group that root user is in.