Hi all I am going to configure squid proxy server with smb ntlm_auth.But when i try to test as follows it will give a err ******* ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=squid-2.5-ntlmssp username password NA NT_STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER *********** but, ntlm_auth --username==squid-helper-protocol=squid-2.5-basic username password OK my smb.conf is [global] workgroup = mydomain netbios name = PROXY_LINUX security = DOMAIN password server = 10.1.1.51 idmap uid = 10000-20000 idmap gid = 10000-20000 winbind use default domain = Yes Hope your help thank you champaka Srinath __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail