I have downloaded, build and installed samba-4.0.9 from source on two separate boxes running RHEL6.4. My problem is that despite having identical configurations, swat is running on one server and not on the other. Here is my xinetd conf service swat { port = 901 socket_type = stream wait = no only_from = 192.168.1.0/24 user = root server = /usr/local/samba/sbin/swat log_on_failure += USERID disable = no } I'm getting the below error Oct 7 20:25:55 server1 xinetd[21938]: START: swat pid=21940 from=::ffff:192.168.1.3 Oct 7 20:25:55 server1 xinetd[21938]: EXIT: swat status=0 pid=21940 duration=0(sec) Oct 7 20:26:00 server1 xinetd[21938]: START: swat pid=21942 from=::ffff:192.168.1.3 Oct 7 20:26:00 server1 swat[21942]: [2013/10/07 20:26:00.374208, 0] ../source3/auth/pampass.c:827(smb_pam_passcheck) Oct 7 20:26:00 server1 swat[21942]: smb_pam_passcheck: PAM: smb_pam_auth failed - Rejecting User root ! Oct 7 20:26:00 server1 xinetd[21938]: EXIT: swat status=0 pid=21942 duration=0(sec) Another thing I noticed on the box where swat is not working is that there is a directory called security, containing two libraries "pam_smbpass.so" and "pam_winbind.so" under "/usr/local/samba/lib" I configured the build on both the boxes using "./configure --enable-debug --enable-selftest --enable-gnutls" on both the boxes. What seems to be wrong here ?? Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.wipro.com