search for: yuanxxxx

...do a 'getent passwd' I get the following: AVWORLD\johnXXXX:*:16782801:16777216:XXXXXXXX:/home/AVWORLD/johnXXXX:/bin/bash AVWORLD\liliXXXX:*:16782802:16777216:XXXXXXXXXXX:/home/AVWORLD/liliXXXX:/bin/bash AVWORLD\juliXXXX:*:16782803:16777216:XXXXXXXX:/home/AVWORLD/juliXXXX:/bin/bash AVWORLD\yuanXXXX:*:16782804:16777216:XXXXXXXX:/home/AVWORLD/yuanXXXX:/bin/bash AVWORLD\annaXXXX:*:16782805:16777216:XXXXXXXX:/home/AVWORLD/annaXXXX:/bin/bash (The X's have been added to protect the innoccent :-) However: # testparm -sv | grep 'winbind separator' Load smb config files from /etc/samba/...