Hi, today, my nscd server has been died, I don't know what has been happened but if the nscd server not run, the main smbd process up to 99% CPU and the network is very slow. I restarted the nscd server and all work fine. Now, samba team have implemented the parameter ldapsam:trusted and I would like to know if the performances are identical to nscd server. I ask this question by supposing that the fact of not using PAM and NSS, causes to not use nscd serverwhich cause problem. It's a old nscd server (RedHat 8.0) Thanks in advance for your answer. St?phane Purnelle ----------------------------------- St?phane PURNELLE stephane.purnelle@corman.be Service Informatique Corman S.A. Tel : 00 32 087/342467