Using Samba 3.05 and openldap I have been following the Samba 3 by Example (pg 155). Everythings good up to the point when I issue the command "net groupmap list" and I get the following error: [root@chpas-ntwrksvc samba]# net groupmap list [2004/08/23 10:21:49, 0] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldapsam_setsamgrent(2239) ldapsam_setsamgrent: LDAP search failed: No such object [2004/08/23 10:21:49, 0] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldapsam_enum_group_mapping(2304) ldapsam_enum_group_mapping: Unable to open passdb [root@chpas-ntwrksvc samba]# After checking users and groups I found none of my Samba groups are be created with matching Unix groups including the default ones from running smbldap-populate. Suggestions for getting this working would be appreciated. [global] idmap gid = 10000-20000 socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 server string = PDC domain logons = Yes browseable = No local master = No domain master = Yes workgroup = Workgroup os level = 40 log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log guest account = pcguest load printers = yes passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://localhost passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *ReType*new*password:* %n\n *new*password: %n\n *updated*successfully* passwd program = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-passwd -o %u add group script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-groupadd %g delete group script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-groupdel %g add user to group script = /usr/local/sbin/smbdlap-usermod -G %g %u add user script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-useradd -m -d /dev/null -g -1000 -s /bin/false add machine script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-useradd -s /bin/false -d /dev/null \-g machines %u delete user script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-userdel -r %u username map = /etc/samba/smbusers map to guest = Bad User ldap port = 389 ldap machine suffix = ou=Computers ldap group suffix = ou=Group ldap user suffix = ou=Users ldap suffix = dc=domain,dc=lcl ldap ssl = no ldap passwd sync = Yes ldap admin dn = cn=Manager,dc=domain,dc=lcl idmap backend = ldap:ldap://localhost idmap uid = 10000-20000 idmap gid = 10000-20000 map acl inherit = Yes Thanks Douglas Sterner