OK, I?ll try again: On a Samba 2.2.4 PDC (on ext3), we encounter the following problem: Everything was working well, but suddenly printing no longer works. Examining log.smbd shows an error like "smbd: printing.tdb rec_free_read bad magic..." In addition, when trying a "tdbbackup *.tdb", it says printing.tdb and ntdrivers.tdb could not be copied. Tdbtorture comes back with "OK". Not very talkative, by the way...;-) I assume that these tdb?s are corrupt. Am I right? OK, when I restart samba, printing.tdb and ntdrivers.tdb are rebuild. But what where the content of these two files? Can I rebuilt them? I am afraid that ntdrivers.tdb is the database with the server-installed printerdrivers... That reminds me of a couple of questions: What information is stored in the *.tdb-files in the locks dir, e.g. what is in ntprinters.tdb or ntdrivers.tdb? How can I rebuild them, which ones should be go into backup? Is there documentation anywhere? Is a backup done by tdbbackup consistent? Or could somebody elaborate a bit on that topic? ;-) Thanks, Goetz -- Goetz Rieger Phone: +49 2241 92917-39 SuSE Linux AG Fax: +49 2241 314599 Geschaeftsstelle Rhein-Ruhr Marie-Curie-Str. 11-17, D-53757 St. Augustin