I know don't believe the following is a Samba bug (more likely an initgroups bug or even a RedHat Linux bug), but I have made the following observation that may help out a confused Samba user. If I put myself in in 31 or more different groups on the Samba server and then try to connect from a client, I get the following (long) entry in the corresponding log file: [2001/01/05 11:16:47, 0] smbd/password.c:setup_groups(164) Unable to initgroups. Error was Invalid argument [2001/01/05 11:16:47, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(40) ==============================================================[2001/01/05 11:16:47, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(41) INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 11 in pid 8454 (2.0.7) Please read the file BUGS.txt in the distribution [2001/01/05 11:16:47, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(43) ==============================================================[2001/01/05 11:16:47, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(2381) PANIC: internal error [2001/01/05 11:16:47, 0] smbd/password.c:setup_groups(164) Unable to initgroups. Error was Invalid argument [2001/01/05 11:16:47, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(40) ==============================================================[2001/01/05 11:16:47, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(41) INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 11 in pid 8456 (2.0.7) Please read the file BUGS.txt in the distribution [2001/01/05 11:16:47, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(43) ==============================================================[2001/01/05 11:16:47, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(2381) PANIC: internal error [2001/01/05 11:16:47, 0] smbd/password.c:setup_groups(164) Unable to initgroups. Error was Invalid argument [2001/01/05 11:16:47, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(40) ==============================================================[2001/01/05 11:16:47, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(41) INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 11 in pid 8458 (2.0.7) Please read the file BUGS.txt in the distribution I am running version 2.0.7-4 of Samba under RedHat Linux 6.2. I am using the 2.2.16 linux kerel. I use the command gpasswd -a to add myself to groups. If I use gpasswd -d to remove myself from groups and get below 31, things progress smoothly. Regards, MJ -- Marty J. Wolf mjwolf@acm.org Math & CS Department mjwolf@whitetail.bemidjistate.edu Bemidji State University Office: (218)755-2825 1500 Birchmont Drive, Box 23 Fax: (218)755-2822 Bemidji MN 56601 http://whitetail.bemidjistate.edu/mjwolf