I have a RHEL 5 server using Samba (but not Winbind, reporting the version as 3.0.25b-1.el5_1.4) serving profiles via: [profile] comment = Profile directory - special share invalid users = nobody browseable = yes guest ok = no read only = no force directory mode = 0700 csc policy = disable force create mode = 0600 create mask = 0600 directory mask = 0700 locking = no profile acls = yes path = %H/profile Vista workstations can map the share *after* they are fully logged in. However, during the login process, normal logging reports: [2008/04/03 06:51:26, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(1191) c-vista (131.247.112.205) couldn't find service profile.v2 [2008/04/03 06:51:27, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(1191) c-vista (131.247.112.205) couldn't find service profile.v2 And the station reports that the profile was not loaded. The Windows error log on the client reports something along the lines of "file not found". If you'd like to see additional logging, let me know. XP workstations have no problem getting profiles, nor does the Vista station have any problems (now, after forcing NTLMv2 and switching to ADS security from Domain - I had had problems getting ADS to work originally) mapping shares once it's up and running. Just hoping someone has a quick "add this line to the share config" suggestion. Winbind is not used on this station for legacy reasons - and because (though I haven't seen it recently) Winbind used to occasionally lose its mappings and give everyone new IDs. Thanks! Eric Stewart Network Administrator, Tampa Library University of South Florida Email: eric@lib.usf.edu http://www.lib.usf.edu/ <http://www.lib.usf.edu/> SCUBA Diving since 1999 - http://ericdives.com/ <http://ericdives.com/>