After adding the domain I am trying to setup winbind (still) [root@n025 samba]# wbinfo -u Error looking up domain users [root@n025 samba]# wbinfo -g BUILTIN+System Operators BUILTIN+Replicators BUILTIN+Guests BUILTIN+Power Users BUILTIN+Print Operators BUILTIN+Administrators BUILTIN+Account Operators BUILTIN+Backup Operators BUILTIN+Users [root@n025 samba]# and that while I really have a domain called SMB3 remember, I am trying to make a PDC that also serves to let other servers authenticate against it using winbind. here is my smb.conf for the interested ppls #====================== Global Options ============================== #---------- Server and Domain names ---------------------------------- [Global] workgroup = SMB3 netbios name = SMB server string = TEST Server passdb backend = smbpasswd #---------- Interface options ---------------------------------------- ; socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 hosts allow = 192.87.138.0/24, 195.169.144.0/24 127.0.0.1 guest account = nobody map to guest = Bad User username map = /etc/samba/smbusers #---------- Logging -------------------------------------------------- ; log level = 2 log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m #---------- Server Role and Security --------------------------------- security = user os level = 65 domain master = yes local master = yes preferred master = yes domain logons = yes logon path logon home logon script = standard.bat #---------- Server Role and Security --------------------------------- winbind separator = + idmap uid = 500-10000 idmap gid = 500-10000 winbind enum users = yes winbind enum groups = yes #====================== Shares and Printers =========================[IPC$] path = /tmp hosts allow = 192.87.138.0/24, 195.169.144.0/24, 127.0.0.1 hosts deny = 0.0.0.0/0 #---------- Netlogon ------------------------------------------------- [NetLogon] path = /etc/samba/logon writable = no browsable = no write list = root create mode = 0755 #---------- Shares --------------------------------------------------- [Home] path = /home/%u writable = yes browsable = yes create mode = 0700 directory mode = 0700 hide dot files = yes Greetz ramses