Hello, when i start my winbindd from /usr/local/samba/bin it works, i check it by ps -ae | grep winbindd But when i issue a wbinfo -u i get following error message: "Error looking up domain users" for wbinfo -p "`ping` to winbindd failed could not ping winbindd!" I was using wbinfo -I and smbclient -M without any problems till yesterday. I dont know what has suddenly gone wrong. Note: ps -ae | grep winbindd works fine. Very URGENT help required ajay