Check the following:
When you configure Novell Samba, the
must be set at or above the context where the User objects for Samba have been created.If you have installed Samba and need to modify the Section B.2.4, Changing the LDAP Suffix.
setting on your server, follow the instructions inSamba users must be created in a container or partition that has a Samba-qualified password policy assigned to it.
Samba users must be members of a LUM-enabled group.