Hi List, I have upgraded (yesterday) from 3.0.14a to 3.0.23c. Now i see these strang entries in the log files and also a mjor increase in authentication time (i.e. smbclient -L //server -U <uid> now takes about 22 seconds to complete !! with version 3.0.14a its instant!) [2006/10/24 11:21:26, 2] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:init_sam_from_ldap(541) init_sam_from_ldap: Entry found for user: CATER-WK0HBU$ [2006/10/24 11:21:26, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_administrators(785) create_builtin_administrators: Failed to create Administrators [2006/10/24 11:21:26, 2] auth/auth_util.c:create_local_nt_token(899) create_local_nt_token: Failed to create BUILTIN\Administrators group! [2006/10/24 11:21:26, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_users(751) create_builtin_users: Failed to create Users [2006/10/24 11:21:26, 2] auth/auth_util.c:create_local_nt_token(926) create_local_nt_token: Failed to create BUILTIN\Users group! [2006/10/24 11:21:26, 2] smbd/reply.c:reply_tcon_and_X(711) Serving IPC$ as a Dfs root ===== [2006/10/24 11:29:22, 2] auth/auth.c:check_ntlm_password(309) check_ntlm_password: authentication for user [john] -> [john] -> [john] succeeded [2006/10/24 11:29:22, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_administrators(785) create_builtin_administrators: Failed to create Administrators [2006/10/24 11:29:22, 2] auth/auth_util.c:create_local_nt_token(899) create_local_nt_token: Failed to create BUILTIN\Administrators group! [2006/10/24 11:29:22, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_users(751) create_builtin_users: Failed to create Users [2006/10/24 11:29:22, 2] auth/auth_util.c:create_local_nt_token(926) create_local_nt_token: Failed to create BUILTIN\Users group! [2006/10/24 11:29:34, 2] smbd/reply.c:reply_tcon_and_X(711) Serving IPC$ as a Dfs root [2006/10/24 11:29:34, 2] smbd/reply.c:reply_special(496) netbios connect: name1=samba-server name2=client1 [2006/10/24 11:29:34, 2] smbd/reply.c:reply_special(503) netbios connect: local=samba-server remote=client1, name type = 0 [2006/10/24 11:29:34, 2] lib/smbldap.c:smbldap_open_connection(788) smbldap_open_connection: connection opened [2006/10/24 11:29:34, 2] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:init_sam_from_ldap(541) init_sam_from_ldap: Entry found for user: john [2006/10/24 11:29:34, 2] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:init_group_from_ldap(2136) init_group_from_ldap: Entry found for group: 901 [2006/10/24 11:29:37, 2] auth/auth.c:check_ntlm_password(309) check_ntlm_password: authentication for user [john] -> [john] -> [john] succeeded [2006/10/24 11:29:37, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_administrators(785) create_builtin_administrators: Failed to create Administrators [2006/10/24 11:29:37, 2] auth/auth_util.c:create_local_nt_token(899) create_local_nt_token: Failed to create BUILTIN\Administrators group! [2006/10/24 11:29:37, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_users(751) create_builtin_users: Failed to create Users [2006/10/24 11:29:37, 2] auth/auth_util.c:create_local_nt_token(926) create_local_nt_token: Failed to create BUILTIN\Users group! Heres my smb.conf (suffixes and domains have been altered for security) # Global parameters [global] netbios name = netbios workgroup = domain-name enable privileges = yes passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://server.domain ldap delete dn = no ldap suffix = dc=domain,dc=com ldap machine suffix = ou=machines ldap group suffix = ou=group ldap admin dn = "cn=Directory Manager" ldap ssl = on ldap passwd sync = yes idmap backend = ldap:ldap://server.domain #idmap uid = 10000-15000 #idmap gid = 10000-15000 ldap idmap suffix = ou=groups,ou=filestore,dc=sunderland,dc=ac,dc=uk os level = 33 log level = 2 preferred master = yes domain master = yes local master = yes security = user domain logons = yes logon home logon path username map = /mnt/netlogon/usermap interfaces = eth0 bind interfaces only = Yes ldapsam:trusted = yes [netlogon] comment = netlogon share path = /mnt/netlogon read only = yes Now it may be that my smb.conf is now longer valid?? Best Regards