Hello I'm currently running samba 2.0.7 on solaris 2.8 (sparc) When i look at the owner of the smb processes, i see that root is the owner of most of the smbd processes. But some are owned by a specific user . basilic# ps -ef|grep smb root 1082 1 0 Jan 09 ? 0:30 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf root 9609 1082 0 Jan 10 ? 0:26 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf root 1254 1082 0 09:46:00 ? 0:04 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf user1 9328 1082 0 Jan 29 ? 5:10 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf user2 1912 1082 0 10:40:21 ? 0:14 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf root 435 1082 0 07:44:17 ? 0:03 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf root 13569 1082 0 15:09:30 ? 0:38 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf root 894 1082 0 08:32:33 ? 0:01 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf root 9635 1082 0 Jan 31 ? 0:22 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf root 13556 1082 0 15:08:06 ? 0:00 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf root 1066 1082 0 09:10:58 ? 1:13 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf root 16041 1082 0 Jan 30 ? 0:02 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf user3 14101 1082 12 15:46:01 ? 21:30 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf root 1554 1082 0 10:15:17 ? 0:00 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf root 19527 1082 0 Jan 15 ? 0:02 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf root 10829 1082 0 11:22:41 ? 2:53 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf root 1240 1082 0 09:42:02 ? 0:02 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf root 10012 1082 0 Jan 31 ? 0:05 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf nobody 2320 1082 0 11:01:33 ? 0:09 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf root 1007 1082 0 09:02:27 ? 0:01 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf user4 16330 1082 6 Jan 28 ? 744:42 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf root 26125 1082 0 Jan 29 ? 0:01 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf root 10990 1082 0 Jan 28 ? 0:07 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf root 16993 1082 0 18:24:35 ? 1:38 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf root 10957 1082 0 11:29:48 ? 0:06 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf root 23878 1082 0 Jan 24 ? 0:01 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf root 10320 1082 0 Jan 31 ? 1:02 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf user5 1299 1082 0 09:50:30 ? 0:10 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf root 2744 11109 0 11:12:21 pts/4 0:00 grep smb nobody 2739 1082 0 11:11:42 ? 0:00 /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D -s/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf I vwould like to know why all smbd processes are not owned by the user starting a new samba connection ? thank Ludovic. CONFIDENTIALITE : Ce message et les ?ventuelles pi?ces attach?es sont confidentiels. Si vous n'?tes pas dans la liste des destinataires, veuillez informer l'exp?diteur imm?diatement et ne pas divulguer le contenu ? une tierce personne, ne pas l'utiliser pour quelque raison que ce soit, ne pas stocker ou copier l'information qu'il contient sur un quelconque support. CONFIDENTIALITY : This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium.