Hi again, I have change permission on winbindd_privileged to: drwxr-x--- 2 root squid 4096 Feb 2 09:33 winbindd_privileged now i don't have error: #winbindd version 3.0.10 started. # Copyright The Samba Team 2000-2004 #[2005/02/02 09:11:10, 0] lib/util_sock.c:create_pipe_sock(1056) #invalid permissions on socket directory /usr/local/samba/var/locks/winbindd_privileged #open_winbind_socket: Success but i still receive error messages in squid - cache.log: 2005/02/02 14:52:57| helperStatefulOpenServers: Starting 30 'ntlm_auth' processes ntlm_auth: error opening config file /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf. Error was Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character ..... 2005/02/02 15:00:13| helperOpenServers: Starting 5 'ntlm_auth' processes ntlm_auth: error opening config file /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf. Error was Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character from ./squid -N -d1: FATAL: authenticateNTLMHandleReply: called with no result string without ntlm auth, only basic is asking me for use/password and result is: Too few basicauthenticator processes are running2005/02/02 14:59:01| Starting new helpers 2005/02/02 14:59:01| helperOpenServers: Starting 5 'ntlm_auth' processes 2005/02/02 14:59:12| WARNING: basicauthenticator #4 (FD 9) exited 2005/02/02 14:59:12| WARNING: basicauthenticator #5 (FD 10) exited error winbindd: ./winbindd -i winbindd version 3.0.10 started. Copyright The Samba Team 2000-2004 cli_pipe: return critical error. Error was Call timed out: server did not respond after 10000 milliseconds cli_pipe: return critical error. Error was Call timed out: server did not respond after 10000 milliseconds cli_pipe: return critical error. Error was Call timed out: server did not respond after 10000 milliseconds cli_pipe: return critical error. Error was Call timed out: server did not respond after 10000 milliseconds cli_pipe: return critical error. Error was Call timed out: server did not respond after 10000 milliseconds i think i get stack on this. some suggestions? Nikolay