bar:/data # smbclient //bar/Documents -U Fernando2%fernando2 Domain=3D[FOOBAR] OS=3D[Unix] Server=3D[Samba 3.4.2-2.1-2229-SUSE-CODE11] smb: \> mkdir mydir smb: \> ls . D 0 Wed Nov 11 17:52:32 2009 .. D 0 Wed Nov 11 17:49:30 2009 mydir D 0 Wed Nov 11 17:52:32 2009 36381 blocks of size 131072. 16831 blocks available smb: \> but from windows xp called Fernando2 still can't access the shared folder until samba and winbind services are restarted I tried reload services but didn't work=2C I also have wait 30 minutes but no update was done. Is there a command to send all group changes to win clients from linux? Is a missed parameter? is this a feature not implemented? Thanks in advance Fernando Torrez my smb.conf file: testparm -sv [global] dos charset =3D CP850 unix charset =3D utf8 display charset =3D LOCALE workgroup =3D FOOBAR realm =3D=20 netbios name =3D BAR netbios aliases =3D=20 netbios scope =3D=20 server string =3D bar interfaces =3D eth1=2C lo bind interfaces only =3D Yes security =3D USER auth methods =3D=20 encrypt passwords =3D Yes update encrypted =3D No client schannel =3D Auto server schannel =3D Auto allow trusted domains =3D Yes map to guest =3D Never null passwords =3D No obey pam restrictions =3D No password server =3D * smb passwd file =3D /etc/samba/smbpasswd private dir =3D /etc/samba passdb backend =3D ldapsam:ldap://bar.foobar.tld algorithmic rid base =3D 1000 root directory =3D=20 guest account =3D nobody enable privileges =3D Yes pam password change =3D No passwd program =3D=20 passwd chat =3D *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *changed* passwd chat debug =3D No passwd chat timeout =3D 2 check password script =3D=20 username map =3D /etc/samba/smbusers password level =3D 0 username level =3D 0 unix password sync =3D No restrict anonymous =3D 0 lanman auth =3D No ntlm auth =3D Yes client NTLMv2 auth =3D No client lanman auth =3D No client plaintext auth =3D No preload modules =3D=20 dedicated keytab file =3D=20 kerberos method =3D default map untrusted to domain =3D No log level =3D 10 syslog =3D 0 syslog only =3D No log file =3D /var/log/samba/%m max log size =3D 50 debug timestamp =3D Yes debug prefix timestamp =3D No debug hires timestamp =3D No debug pid =3D No debug uid =3D No debug class =3D No enable core files =3D Yes smb ports =3D 139 large readwrite =3D Yes max protocol =3D NT1 min protocol =3D CORE min receivefile size =3D 0 read raw =3D Yes write raw =3D Yes disable netbios =3D No reset on zero vc =3D No acl compatibility =3D auto defer sharing violations =3D Yes nt pipe support =3D Yes nt status support =3D Yes announce version =3D 4.9 announce as =3D NT max mux =3D 50 max xmit =3D 16644 name resolve order =3D wins bcast hosts max ttl =3D 259200 max wins ttl =3D 518400 min wins ttl =3D 21600 time server =3D Yes unix extensions =3D Yes use spnego =3D Yes client signing =3D auto server signing =3D No client use spnego =3D Yes client ldap sasl wrapping =3D plain enable asu support =3D No svcctl list =3D=20 deadtime =3D 0 getwd cache =3D Yes keepalive =3D 300 lpq cache time =3D 30 max smbd processes =3D 0 paranoid server security =3D Yes max disk size =3D 0 max open files =3D 1024 socket options =3D TCP_NODELAY use mmap =3D Yes hostname lookups =3D No name cache timeout =3D 660 ctdbd socket =3D=20 cluster addresses =3D=20 clustering =3D No load printers =3D Yes printcap cache time =3D 750 printcap name =3D CUPS cups server =3D=20 cups connection timeout =3D 30 iprint server =3D=20 disable spoolss =3D No addport command =3D=20 enumports command =3D=20 addprinter command =3D=20 deleteprinter command =3D=20 show add printer wizard =3D No os2 driver map =3D=20 mangling method =3D hash2 mangle prefix =3D 1 max stat cache size =3D 256 stat cache =3D Yes machine password timeout =3D 604800 add user script =3D /usr/sbin/smbldap-useradd -m "%u" rename user script =3D=20 delete user script =3D /usr/sbin/smbldap-userdel "%u" add group script =3D /usr/sbin/smbldap-groupadd -p "%g" delete group script =3D /usr/sbin/smbldap-groupdel "%g" add user to group script =3D /usr/sbin/smbldap-groupmod -m "%u" "%g" delete user from group script =3D /usr/sbin/smbldap-groupmod -x "%u" "%g" set primary group script =3D /usr/sbin/smbldap-usermod -g "%g" "%u" add machine script =3D /usr/sbin/smbldap-useradd -w "%u" shutdown script =3D=20 abort shutdown script =3D=20 username map script =3D=20 logon script =3D logon.bat logon path =3D=20 logon drive =3D=20 logon home =3D=20 domain logons =3D Yes init logon delayed hosts =3D=20 init logon delay =3D 100 os level =3D 65 lm announce =3D Auto lm interval =3D 60 preferred master =3D Yes local master =3D Yes domain master =3D Yes browse list =3D Yes enhanced browsing =3D Yes dns proxy =3D Yes wins proxy =3D No wins server =3D=20 wins support =3D Yes wins hook =3D=20 kernel oplocks =3D Yes lock spin time =3D 200 oplock break wait time =3D 0 ldap admin dn =3D cn=3DManager=2Cdc=3Dfoobar=2Cdc=3Dtld ldap delete dn =3D Yes ldap group suffix =3D ou=3DGroups ldap idmap suffix =3D ou=3DIdmap ldap machine suffix =3D ou=3DComputers ldap passwd sync =3D no ldap replication sleep =3D 1000 ldap suffix =3D dc=3Dfoobar=2Cdc=3Dtld ldap ssl =3D no ldap ssl ads =3D No ldap timeout =3D 15 ldap connection timeout =3D 2 ldap page size =3D 1024 ldap user suffix =3D ou=3DUsers ldap debug level =3D 0 ldap debug threshold =3D 10 eventlog list =3D=20 add share command =3D=20 change share command =3D=20 delete share command =3D=20 preload =3D=20 lock directory =3D /var/lib/samba state directory =3D /var/lib/samba cache directory =3D /var/lib/samba pid directory =3D /var/run/samba utmp directory =3D=20 wtmp directory =3D=20 utmp =3D No default service =3D=20 message command =3D=20 get quota command =3D=20 set quota command =3D=20 remote announce =3D=20 remote browse sync =3D=20 socket address =3D 0.0.0.0 homedir map =3D auto.home afs username map =3D=20 afs token lifetime =3D 604800 log nt token command =3D=20 time offset =3D 0 NIS homedir =3D No registry shares =3D No usershare allow guests =3D No usershare max shares =3D 0 usershare owner only =3D Yes usershare path =3D /var/lib/samba/usershares usershare prefix allow list =3D=20 usershare prefix deny list =3D=20 usershare template share =3D=20 panic action =3D=20 perfcount module =3D=20 host msdfs =3D Yes passdb expand explicit =3D No idmap backend =3D ldap:ldap://bar.foobar.tld idmap alloc backend =3D=20 idmap cache time =3D 604800 idmap negative cache time =3D 120 idmap uid =3D 10000-20000 idmap gid =3D 10000-20000 template homedir =3D /home/%D/%U template shell =3D /bin/false winbind separator =3D \ winbind cache time =3D 300 winbind reconnect delay =3D 30 winbind enum users =3D Yes winbind enum groups =3D Yes winbind use default domain =3D No winbind trusted domains only =3D No winbind nested groups =3D Yes winbind expand groups =3D 1 winbind nss info =3D template winbind refresh tickets =3D No winbind offline logon =3D No winbind normalize names =3D No winbind rpc only =3D No comment =3D=20 path =3D=20 username =3D=20 invalid users =3D=20 valid users =3D=20 admin users =3D=20 read list =3D=20 write list =3D=20 printer admin =3D=20 force user =3D=20 force group =3D=20 read only =3D Yes acl check permissions =3D Yes acl group control =3D Yes acl map full control =3D Yes create mask =3D 0744 force create mode =3D 00 security mask =3D 0777 force security mode =3D 00 directory mask =3D 0755 force directory mode =3D 00 directory security mask =3D 0777 force directory security mode =3D 00 force unknown acl user =3D No inherit permissions =3D No inherit acls =3D No inherit owner =3D No guest only =3D No administrative share =3D No guest ok =3D No only user =3D No hosts allow =3D=20 hosts deny =3D=20 allocation roundup size =3D 1048576 aio read size =3D 0 aio write size =3D 0 aio write behind =3D=20 ea support =3D No nt acl support =3D Yes profile acls =3D No map acl inherit =3D Yes afs share =3D No smb encrypt =3D auto block size =3D 1024 change notify =3D Yes directory name cache size =3D 100 kernel change notify =3D Yes max connections =3D 0 min print space =3D 0 strict allocate =3D No strict sync =3D No sync always =3D No use sendfile =3D No write cache size =3D 0 max reported print jobs =3D 0 max print jobs =3D 1000 printable =3D No printing =3D cups cups options =3D=20 print command =3D=20 lpq command =3D %p lprm command =3D=20 lppause command =3D=20 lpresume command =3D=20 queuepause command =3D=20 queueresume command =3D=20 printer name =3D=20 use client driver =3D No default devmode =3D Yes force printername =3D No printjob username =3D %U default case =3D lower case sensitive =3D Auto preserve case =3D Yes short preserve case =3D Yes mangling char =3D ~ hide dot files =3D Yes hide special files =3D No hide unreadable =3D Yes hide unwriteable files =3D No delete veto files =3D No veto files =3D=20 hide files =3D=20 veto oplock files =3D=20 map archive =3D Yes map hidden =3D No map system =3D No map readonly =3D yes mangled names =3D Yes store dos attributes =3D No dmapi support =3D No browseable =3D Yes access based share enum =3D No browsable =3D Yes blocking locks =3D Yes csc policy =3D manual fake oplocks =3D No locking =3D Yes oplocks =3D Yes level2 oplocks =3D Yes oplock contention limit =3D 2 posix locking =3D Yes strict locking =3D Auto share modes =3D Yes dfree cache time =3D 0 dfree command =3D=20 copy =3D=20 preexec =3D=20 preexec close =3D No postexec =3D=20 root preexec =3D=20 root preexec close =3D No root postexec =3D=20 available =3D Yes volume =3D=20 fstype =3D NTFS set directory =3D No wide links =3D Yes follow symlinks =3D Yes dont descend =3D=20 magic script =3D=20 magic output =3D=20 delete readonly =3D No dos filemode =3D No dos filetimes =3D Yes dos filetime resolution =3D No fake directory create times =3D No vfs objects =3D=20 msdfs root =3D No msdfs proxy =3D=20 [homes] comment =3D Home Directories valid users =3D %S=2C %D%w%S read only =3D No create mask =3D 0600 directory mask =3D 0700 inherit acls =3D Yes browseable =3D No browsable =3D No [printers] comment =3D SMB Print Spool path =3D /var/spool/samba guest ok =3D Yes printable =3D Yes browseable =3D No browsable =3D No [sysvol] path =3D /data/samba/sysvol read only =3D No [netlogon] comment =3D Network Logon Service path =3D /data/samba/sysvol/foobar.tld/scripts read only =3D No guest ok =3D Yes browseable =3D No browsable =3D No locking =3D No [profiles] path =3D /data/samba/profiles read only =3D No create mask =3D 0777 directory mask =3D 0777 guest ok =3D Yes profile acls =3D Yes browseable =3D No browsable =3D No csc policy =3D disable [Documents] comment =3D share to test samba path =3D /data/documents valid users =3D @grupo3 read only =3D No [sys] path =3D /data/sys read only =3D No inherit permissions =3D Yes guest ok =3D Yes dos filemode =3D Yes [RegLPZ] path =3D /data/RegLPZ read only =3D No inherit permissions =3D Yes guest ok =3D Yes dos filemode =3D Yes [print$] comment =3D Printer Drivers path =3D /var/lib/samba/drivers write list =3D root=2C chrisr =20 _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail: Your friends can get your Facebook updates=2C right from Hotmail=AE. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=3DPID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_4:092009=