How many people are you trying to connect to active directory, you can use the delegate authority to an external SMB server.
In workgoup mode (name the workgroup the same as the domain name). Then select the delegate to an external SMB server, select all 3 boxes then create a authentication share. TIP use the IP address of the AD server not the name.
Every time some one maps to that hidden share \\IP_OF_NAS\hidden_share_name
it will pull the users information from the AD server.
At this point in time there is currently no plans to include more character support for passwords.
Message Edited by Paul on 09-29-2008 10:36 AM