Hi Pieterjan, > But ... The samba version is different. The working server has 3.0.14 and > the defunct server has 3.0.23c (from etch) Very confusing. I guess the servers had the same conf? Same smb.conf, nsswitch.conf, privileges on winbindd_privileged and both joind the Windows Domain? > So I have one working server, one defunct server, but I really need 2 > working servers :( try this as last chance: getent group It my take a while befor reciving the gorup information. Did you get them with thier members?