Hello, We are using Samba (3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze8) with Winbind to join a Debian server to our domain for the purpose of AD authentication in Freeradius (using NTLM_AUTH). It is setup to the point where we joined it to the domain and "wbinfo -a NETWORK\\<user>" and ntlm_auth --user --domain are working as expected. We are not using winbind with nsswitch, which I think is called "netlogon proxy only mode". Kerberos is also setup and I can kinit / klist / kdestroy properly, though I'm not certain that matters. Ever since it was setup, however, we have had an issue where the authentication just stops working, every week, early on Sunday morning. To 'fix' authentication again, I simply have to restart the Winbind daemon. Once that's done, everything begins 'flowing' again. Here is my smb.conf [global] workgroup = NETWORK server string = %h server dns proxy = no winbind use default domain = yes idmap cache time = 900 log level = 10 log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 1000 syslog = 0 panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d security = ads encrypt passwords = true obey pam restrictions = yes password server = * allow trusted domains = no realm = NETWORK.FQDN.COM I'm having some difficulty tracking down the error. And particularly, I cannot figure out why it happens, seemingly, on a schedule. I've been poking around in logs, 'net cache list' results, etc, and its coming up empty. So far, I am having difficulty pulling the actual error message of the NTLM_AUTH command when its failing, but I do have the output of FreeRadius when it attempts to run the following command: /usr/bin/ntlm_auth --request-nt-key --username=jdoe --domain=NETWORK --challenge=0a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a --nt-response=0a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a0a Success: Debug: Exec-Program output: NT_KEY: [SNIP] Debug: Exec-Program-Wait: plaintext: NT_KEY: [SNIP] Debug: Exec-Program: returned: 0 Info: [mschap_network] adding MS-CHAPv2 MPPE keys Info: ++[mschap_network] returns ok Failure: Debug: Exec-Program output: Reading winbind reply failed! (0xc0000001) Debug: Exec-Program-Wait: plaintext: Reading winbind reply failed! (0xc0000001) Debug: Exec-Program: returned: 1 Info: [mschap_network] External script failed. Info: [mschap_network] FAILED: MS-CHAP2-Response is incorrect Info: ++[mschap_network] returns reject As I said, it is absolutely something going on with Winbind. Where should I be looking to get this issue figured out? Thanks in advance. Jordan Dohms