I have 1.9.16p11 running great on this machine for the last 4 or 5 months. I just downloaded 1.9.17p4. It compiles without any warnings or errors. When I try to run "nmbd -H /usr/local/samba/lib/lmhosts -D" there are no error messages, it doesn't start. A "ps ax |grep nmbd" is blank. Under normal conditions, it would be listed. Once, it dropped core, but that doesn't happen each time. The smbd -D appears to start, but when I do a smbclient -L machine, a typical list of services is displayed, but the version shows as 1.9.16.p11, not the 1.9.17p4 new version smbd that is supposed to run. I have done the "make install", and am running everything out of the /usr/local/samba directory set. DEC Alpha with Digital UNIX 3.2G. The Makefile has the OSF1 section uncommented: # This is for OSF1 (Alpha) # contributed by errath@balu.kfunigraz.ac.at # NOTE: You may need -warning_unresolved if you get unresolved symbols FLAGSM = -DOSF1 -DNETGROUP LIBSM Any suggestions? dburwell@telecom.com