If the join was successful, you will see a new computer account with the NetBIOS name of your Samba server in Active Directory (in the “Computers” folder under Users and Computers.

On a Windows 2000 client, try net use * \\server\share . You should be logged in with Kerberos without needing to know a password. If this fails, then run klist tickets . Did you get a ticket for the server? Does it have an encryption type of DES-CBC-MD5?