I am trying to get the rid back end to work for samba so that the UID and GID are predictable. Here is my smb.conf file. Anyone see any problems with this? When I use the default of tdb it maps UID just fine but this config is not working. Thanks Mark [global] workgroup = XXXX server string = Samba Server security = ads encrypt passwords = yes realm = XXX.XXX.EDU winbind separator = + idmap backend = rid idmap uid = 10000-20000 idmap gid = 10000-20000 template shell = /bin/bash template homedir = /export/home/%U log level = 5 socket options = TCP_NODELAY -- Mark Campbell Systems Analyst Digital Library Technologies The Pennsylvania State University mcc171@psu.edu, 814-865-4774