having similar problems to others concerning winbindd. we got it up and running on redhat 7.2, 2.4.9-21 kernal, rpm samba-2.2.3a-20020206. a few problems to make it work. then rebooted machine and it no longer works. smb and nmb appear to be working correctly. you can see the samba-server from network neighborhood and select on the partitions. when you look at the permissions, everything is owned by the samba-server\user+10000. on reviewing the log winbindd can not connect to pdc. running ethereal i see the samba server sending 2 udp packets to the pdc. but there is no response from the pdc. part of the packet is below. both packets sent by the samba server are the same. Queries PFC_DOM <1c>: type NBSTAT, class inet Name: PFC_DOM <1c> (Domain Controllers) Type: NBSTAT Class: inet log.winbindd [2002/03/01 16:39:02, 2] lib/interface.c:add_interface(81) added interface ip=190.100.4.66 bcast=190.100.7.255 nmask=255.255.252.0 [2002/03/01 16:39:02, 1] nsswitch/winbindd_util.c:get_domain_info(137) getting trusted domain list [2002/03/01 16:39:02, 10] nsswitch/winbindd_cm.c:cm_get_dc_name(131) Creating get_dc_name_cache entry for PFC_DOM [2002/03/01 16:39:02, 3] libsmb/namequery.c:resolve_lmhosts(752) resolve_lmhosts: Attempting lmhosts lookup for name pfcpdc<0x20> [2002/03/01 16:39:02, 4] libsmb/namequery.c:getlmhostsent(518) getlmhostsent: lmhost entry: 127.0.0.1 localhost [2002/03/01 16:39:02, 3] libsmb/namequery.c:resolve_hosts(792) resolve_hosts: Attempting host lookup for name pfcpdc<0x20> [2002/03/01 16:39:02, 3] lib/util_sock.c:open_socket_in(798) bind succeeded on port 0 [2002/03/01 16:39:02, 5] libsmb/nmblib.c:send_udp(741) Sending a packet of len 50 to (190.100.4.13) on port 137 [2002/03/01 16:39:04, 5] libsmb/nmblib.c:send_udp(741) Sending a packet of len 50 to (190.100.4.13) on port 137 [2002/03/01 16:39:06, 3] nsswitch/winbindd_cm.c:cm_get_dc_name(174) Error looking up DC name for 190.100.4.13 in domain PFC_DOM [2002/03/01 16:39:06, 3] nsswitch/winbindd_cm.c:cm_get_lsa_handle(372) Could not connect to a dc for domain PFC_DOM [2002/03/01 16:39:30, 6] nsswitch/winbindd.c:new_connection(406) accepted socket 10 wbinfo -t Secret is bad 0xc0000001 or e5 wbinfo -u Error looking up domain users wbinfo -g Error looking up domain groups appreciate any assistance. jim mc....