Hello samba people. I am having a odd problem related to winbindd. When I leave it running overnight on a quiet (not silent however) server I find that it generates a large number of CLOSE_WAIT state connections. 84 on a fairly quiet system in the last 18 hours. I can't seem to find any command that directly affects the number of CLOSE_WAITS. Below is my netstat listing. Any ideas would be helpful. I looked around but could find no reference to this problem. I am running in SECURITY = ADS mode. Thank you everyone for help. --Tim Laurence Versions of Software Samaba 3.0.1 Winbind 3.0.1 823-mailsrv:/# netstat --ip -ap Active Internet connections (servers and established) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 0 mailsrv:8192 *:* LISTEN 235/agent.be tcp 0 0 *:imaps *:* LISTEN 176/inetd tcp 0 0 *:pop3s *:* LISTEN 176/inetd tcp 0 0 mailsrv:10024 *:* LISTEN 171/amavisd (master tcp 0 0 mailsrv:10025 *:* LISTEN 31759/master tcp 0 0 *:netbios-ssn *:* LISTEN 3882/smbd tcp 0 0 *:pop3 *:* LISTEN 176/inetd tcp 0 0 *:imap2 *:* LISTEN 176/inetd tcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN 199/sshd tcp 0 0 *:smtp *:* LISTEN 31759/master tcp 0 0 *:445 *:* LISTEN 3882/smbd tcp 0 288 mailsrv:ssh 128.135.240.109:57166 ESTABLISHED 1157/sshd tcp 1 0 mailsrv:36222 duplicity.c.:ldap CLOSE_WAIT 32020/winbindd tcp 0 0 mailsrv:36218 duplicity.c.:ldap ESTABLISHED 32019/winbindd tcp 1 0 mailsrv:35636 audacity.subcity.l:ldap CLOSE_WAIT 32019/winbindd tcp 0 0 mailsrv:36247 darkcity.c.u:ldap ESTABLISHED 32019/winbindd tcp 0 0 mailsrv:36246 darkcity.c.u:ldap ESTABLISHED 32019/winbindd tcp 0 0 mailsrv:35599 darkcity.c.u:ldap ESTABLISHED 32019/winbindd tcp 0 0 mailsrv:35598 darkcity.c.u:ldap ESTABLISHED 32019/winbindd tcp 1 0 mailsrv:35592 darkcity.c.u:ldap CLOSE_WAIT 32019/winbindd tcp 1 0 mailsrv:35589 darkcity.c.u:ldap CLOSE_WAIT 32019/winbindd tcp 1 0 mailsrv:35591 darkcity.c.u:ldap CLOSE_WAIT 32019/winbindd tcp 1 0 mailsrv:35612 darkcity.c.u:ldap CLOSE_WAIT 32019/winbindd tcp 0 0 mailsrv:35601 darkcity.c.u:ldap ESTABLISHED 32019/winbindd tcp 1 0 mailsrv:35629 darkcity.c.u:ldap CLOSE_WAIT 32019/winbindd similar line to above one repeated 76 times tcp 1 0 mailsrv:35778 darkcity.c.u:ldap CLOSE_WAIT 32019/winbindd tcp 1 0 mailsrv:36219 audacity.subcity.l:ldap CLOSE_WAIT 32019/winbindd tcp 0 0 mailsrv:19534 duplicity.c.:grfs TIME_WAIT - udp 0 0 mailsrv:32768 mailsrv:ntp ESTABLISHED 234/ntpd udp 0 0 mailsrv:netbios-ns *:* 3880/nmbd udp 0 0 *:netbios-ns *:* 3880/nmbd udp 0 0 mailsrv:netbios-dgm *:* 3880/nmbd udp 0 0 *:netbios-dgm *:* 3880/nmbd udp 0 0 mailsrv:ntp *:* 222/ntpd udp 0 0 mailsrv:ntp *:* 222/ntpd udp 0 0 *:ntp *:* 222/ntpd