ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha and mirrors went to minor release numbers on 2.4 because of instability. also, if you are running into problems at high debug log levels, try reducing them to more reasonable levels (between 5 and 10 or even just 1) and see if it works. i ran into timeouts because of too much debug output! andrew and i have been using insure (a proprietary, *excellent* memory-checking tool that doesn't have a price tag on their web site) and it's found loads and loads of bugs, it's really good. gotta run, have fun, luke. <a href=" mailto:lkcl@samba.org" > Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton </a> <a href=" http://cb1.com/~lkcl" > Samba and Network Development </a> <a href=" http://samba.org" > Samba Web site </a> <a href=" http://mcp.com" > Macmillan Technical Publishing </a> ISBN1578701503 DCE/RPC over SMB: Samba and Windows NT Domain Internals