Hi All, Since updating a from 3.0.1-2 to 3.0.2-1 a few weeks back I've been unable to print. I checked all the obvios settings, but as they had been working perfectly for some time prior was not surprised to find the configuration was correct. The authentication is configured via winbind to a 2000 ADS PDC. security = DOMAIN I've since updated again to 3.0.2-2 and found the issue persists, even admin users are unable to connect. The log seems to indicate some weird processing of the user account in reference only to the printer shares as all other shares are behaving well (inc printers. It seems as though no matter which user connects, the backend attempts to authenticate the user as root... Case in point the following workstation log (level 10)... checking name: \\ftwork\HP_4000 [2004/02/23 14:00:28, 10] rpc_server/srv_spoolss_nt.c:open_printer_hnd(548) open_printer_hnd: name [\\ftwork\HP_4000] [2004/02/23 14:00:28, 4] rpc_server/srv_lsa_hnd.c:create_policy_hnd(142) Opened policy hnd[2] [000] 00 00 00 00 27 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 CC 6C 39 40 ....'... .....l9@ [010] 12 42 00 00 .B.. [2004/02/23 14:00:28, 3] rpc_server/srv_spoolss_nt.c:set_printer_hnd_printertype(447) Setting printer type=\\ftwork\HP_4000 Printer is a printer [2004/02/23 14:00:28, 4] rpc_server/srv_spoolss_nt.c:set_printer_hnd_name(480) Setting printer name=\\ftwork\HP_4000 (len=16) searching for [HP_4000] (len=7) share:printers share:HP_4000 set_printer_hnd_name: Printer found: HP_4000 -> HP_4000 [2004/02/23 14:00:28, 5] rpc_server/srv_spoolss_nt.c:open_printer_hnd(583) 2 printer handles active [2004/02/23 14:00:28, 4] rpc_server/srv_lsa_hnd.c:find_policy_by_hnd_internal(162) Found policy hnd[0] [000] 00 00 00 00 27 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 CC 6C 39 40 ....'... .....l9@ [010] 12 42 00 00 .B.. [2004/02/23 14:00:28, 4] rpc_server/srv_lsa_hnd.c:find_policy_by_hnd_internal(162) Found policy hnd[0] [000] 00 00 00 00 27 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 CC 6C 39 40 ....'... .....l9@ [010] 12 42 00 00 .B.. [2004/02/23 14:00:28, 4] rpc_server/srv_spoolss_nt.c:get_printer_snum(430) short name:HP_4000 [2004/02/23 14:00:28, 10] lib/username.c:user_in_list(521) user_in_list: checking user root in list [2004/02/23 14:00:28, 10] lib/username.c:user_in_list(525) user_in_list: checking user |root| against |FASTTRACK/Domain Users| [2004/02/23 14:00:28, 10] lib/username.c:user_in_list(602) user_in_list: checking if user |root| is in winbind group |FASTTRACK/Domain Users| [2004/02/23 14:00:28, 3] rpc_server/srv_spoolss_nt.c:_spoolss_open_printer_ex(1764) access DENIED for printer open Another crazy thing is when altering the root password using passwd, I get prompts for the pwd to be re-entered and then a prompt for the password to be entered for root@FASTTRACK.NET.AU which then results in passwd: Authentication failure And for that matter the user root@FASTTRACK.NET.AU doesn't exist. Of course the local root user account long exists in the tdbc courtesy of smbpasswd. Using smbclient as user root also fails with NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE Is the root@FASTTRACK.NET.AU passwd prompt a result of skewed automated password sync? nsswitch.conf ... passwd: files winbind shadow: files group: files winbind root is not listed as an invalid user in smb.conf Can anyone can offer some suggestions here? Thanks in advance! Lewis Shobbrook