Hi I have a server that joins a NT domain and uses winbind ... All seems fine, joins domain OK, wbinfo -u, wbinfo -g works fine... I have home template = /home/winnt/%D/%U in smb.conf and getent passwd lists all users in the NT domains (there are several trusted domains).. with the home directory expanded properly e.g. ALPHA+fred:x:100001:10001:Fred Smith:/home/winnt/ALPHA/fred: and so on... and users can access samba shares from their PC's fine, but once they have don, if i type 'getent passwd fred' then it lists fred:x:10001:99:Fred Smith:/home/winnt/%D/%U: i.e. without the home template expanded, and in group 99 (nobody)... Any ideas why it is doing this? TIA -- Tony Scholes tonys@beacon.co.uk --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.760 / Virus Database: 509 - Release Date: 10/09/2004