I have a centos box using kernel 2.6.9-42.0.2.ELsmp that had a samba server running very nicely until 2 days ago. Out of the blue, users can't access any shares. We have 5 users and 6 shares, one of which is an MS access database that gets the most use. I thought the smbpasswd database may be corrupt so I replaced it with a backup, but no go. I deleted the smbpasswd database, readded users, that didn't work either. Checking the samba logs, I found this series of errors when trying to get to any samba share: [2007/12/19 08:28:18, 1] smbd/session.c:session_claim(143) pam_session rejected the session for tom [smb/19550/113] [2007/12/19 08:28:18, 1] smbd/password.c:register_vuid(310) Failed to claim session for vuid=113 [2007/12/19 08:29:08, 0] auth/pampass.c:smb_pam_error_handler(73) smb_pam_error_handler: PAM: session setup failed : System error [2007/12/19 08:29:08, 1] smbd/session.c:session_claim(143) pam_session rejected the session for tom [smb/21374/104] [2007/12/19 08:29:08, 1] smbd/password.c:register_vuid(310) Failed to claim session for vuid=104 I can 'smbclient -L' to the workstations, and all other services (httpd, sendmail, squid) are running as usual. From my limited experience, it seems authentication is whacked, but I can't flesh it out. ANy help is appreciated. -- Tom