I am getting the message "could not obtain winbind separator" when I try wbinfo -a user%password and ntlm_auth --request-nt-key -username=<username> both commands fail. I have no idea what the error means. I have samba running on another machine with the same smb.conf file without problems. I am running Red Hat 5 and samba 3.0.33 on both machines. John Isakson Systems Administrator AVL Test Systems, Inc. 47519 Halyard Dr. Plymouth, MI 48170 (734)414-9650 "ITAR WARNING - technical data as defined in 22 ? CFR 120.10 of the International Traffic In Arms Regulations (ITAR) pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act (Title 22 U.S.C. Sec 2751 et seq.) must not be sent via e-mail to avl.com. Please contact an AVL representative for file transfer protocol regarding ITAR controlled technical data."