Hi all, using samba 2.2.5 I get the following output: # /opt/samba/sbin/winbindd -i INFO: Debug class all level = 1 (pid 1028 from pid 1028) Added domain CRCSN (S-1-5-21-17...) getting trusted domain list Added domain ZFZW (S-1-5-21-20...) Added domain KYMATA (S-1-5-21-18...) timeout connecting to 172.20.119.221:445 Added domain RCS (S-1-5-21-14...) invalid permissions on socket directory /tmp/.winbindd failed to create socket Starting winbind with # /opt/samba/sbin/winbindd -d 90 the end of the logfile log.winbindd shows the following: [2002/11/20 13:59:25, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint8(500) 0049 id_auth[3] : 00 [2002/11/20 13:59:25, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint8(500) 004a id_auth[4] : 00 [2002/11/20 13:59:25, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint8(500) 004b id_auth[5] : 05 [2002/11/20 13:59:25, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint32s(785) 004c sub_auths : 00000015 5475b975 567be81a 28a68b82 [2002/11/20 13:59:25, 5] rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_ntstatus(588) 005c status: NT_STATUS_OK [2002/11/20 13:59:25, 5] tdb/tdbutil.c:tdb_log(492) tdb(unknown): tdb_brlock failed (fd=15) at offset 4 rw_type=2 lck_type=34 [2002/11/20 13:59:25, 0] lib/util_sock.c:create_pipe_sock(1073) invalid permissions on socket directory /tmp/.winbindd [2002/11/20 13:59:25, 0] nsswitch/winbindd.c:main(861) failed to create socket I can't see any invalid permissions as # ls -la /tmp/.winbindd total 32 drwxr-x--- 2 root other 178 Nov 19 10:53 . drwxrwxrwt 7 root sys 510 Nov 20 11:09 .. srwxrwxrwx 1 root other 0 Nov 19 10:53 pipe Can somebody help Hans Graudenz --