Two logistic questions regarding winbind: 1. I am not clear based on the description as to the winbind cache. I am wondering if the PDC of the network goes down, if the WINBIND cache maintain the passwords as well as the user/group information...OR....if with each request the server actually polls the PDC to get the password? 2. Currently, since I am using full NT user/group authentication without any local users, I have the directory permissions set to 777..is this the correct way to do it, it was the only way I could ifnd to let read/write access? In addition, if there is a sub-directory that needs different access rights, can that not be achieved because I am using the NT authentication? Thanks Chris McKeever