Hi all, Can some one take out few mins from your busy schedule and explain me how to understand backtrace of samba. I am trying to learn the same and need a bit starting point .... i have never done this before ... but its never too late. Any links where i can read about this, i am ready to do my home work but let me know what to look for. = BACKTRACE: 27 stack frames: #0 winbindd(smb_panic2+0x18c) [0x80c074f] #1 winbindd(smb_panic+0x10) [0x80c05c1] #2 winbindd [0x80b0572] #3 winbindd [0x80b05c7] #4 /lib/tls/libc.so.6 [0x138eb8] #5 /lib/tls/libc.so.6(abort+0x1d5) [0x13a4e5] #6 winbindd [0x80dddf7] #7 winbindd [0x80de145] #8 winbindd(cli_krb5_get_ticket+0x1c6) [0x80de456] #9 winbindd(spnego_gen_negTokenTarg+0x2f) [0x80def66] #10 winbindd [0x814d663] #11 winbindd [0x814d902] #12 winbindd(ads_sasl_bind+0xfe) [0x814dec6] #13 winbindd(ads_connect+0x218) [0x8148bda] #14 winbindd [0x808222d] #15 winbindd [0x80840da] #16 winbindd [0x807758b] #17 winbindd [0x807776a] #18 winbindd [0x8078952] #19 winbindd(winbindd_lookup_sid_by_name+0x46) [0x80756a8] #20 winbindd(winbindd_getpwnam+0x236) [0x80708ab] #21 winbindd(strftime+0x1320) [0x806f314] #22 winbindd(winbind_process_packet+0x1d) [0x806f5d0] #23 winbindd(strftime+0x19c2) [0x806f9b6] #24 winbindd(main+0x4df) [0x80703cf] #25 /lib/tls/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xda) [0x12678a] #26 winbindd(chroot+0x31) [0x806ece5] =Regards, kitu