Hi, I got some problem to make winbind to work with PDC in other network. When I start winbind with debug option ,=20 it alwasy says it can not find Domain Controller. load_dos_unicode_map: 850 load_unicode_map: loading unicode map for codepage 850. load_unix_unicode_map: ISO8859-1 (init_done=3D0, override=3D0) load_unicode_map: loading unicode map for codepage ISO8859-1. added interface ip=3D172.16.1.9 bcast=3D172.16.1.255 nmask=3D255.255.255.0 Could not look up dc's for domain ARFLEX-TPE Could not open a connection to ARFLEX-TPE for \PIPE\lsarpc (NT_STATUS_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_NOT_FOUND) Retrying startup domain sid fetch for ARFLEX-TPE Could not look up dc's for domain ARFLEX-TPE domain ARFLEX-TPE already tried and failed Could not open a connection to ARFLEX-TPE for \PIPE\lsarpc (NT_STATUS_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_NOT_FOUND) Here are my enviroment : Linux server :=20 RedHat 7.2=20 Samba 2.2.8a IP is 172.16.1.9 , netmask is 255.255.255.0 /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf : [global] workgroup =3D ARFLEX-TPE security =3D DOMAIN encrypt passwords =3D Yes password server =3D 192.168.100.3 winbind uid =3D 10000-20000 winbind gid =3D 10000-20000 template shell =3D /bin/bash winbind separator =3D + winbind cache time =3D 10 Windows 2000 DC : Windows 2000 Server with SP4 IP is 192.168.100.3 , netmask is 255.255.255.0 Domain is ARFLEX-TPE I can join the Domain successfully and any PC can browse this Samba Server. Please give me your advice. Thanks in advance. Regards, Eric Pan