Hi Guys! Probably this is not the best place to ask, I'll try anyway... =) I've been trying to configure a Samba PDC and a Squid Porxy server with NTLM auth on the same machine but NTML_AUTH keeps complaining about: NT_STATUS_INVALID_HANDLE.... I have others machines running Squid and Authenticating against a Samba Server but on different machines, this is the first time a try both on the same machine. Can I use Squid+NTLM Auth and Samba configured as PDC on the same machine? Is there any winbind issue with this kind of configuration? I'm using SLES10+SP2 Samba version as reported by rpm is 3.0.32-0.8 Squid version as reported by rpm is 2.5.STABLE12-18.13 ------------------------------------------------- This is my smb.conf [global] dos charset = 850 unix charset = ISO8859-1 workgroup = C1.SV netbios name = PDCSRVC1SV server string = interfaces = eth0 bind interfaces only = Yes map to guest = Bad Password passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://127.0.0.1 guest account = Invitado time server = Yes deadtime = 20 socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 printcap name = cups logon path = logon home = domain logons = Yes os level = 65 preferred master = Yes domain master = Yes wins support = Yes ldap admin dn = cn=Administrador,o=Ferreteria EPA ldap delete dn = Yes ldap group suffix = ou=group ldap machine suffix = ou=people ldap passwd sync = Yes ldap suffix = ou=c1,c=sv,o=Ferreteria EPA ldap user suffix = ou=people idmap domains = DEFAULT idmap alloc backend = ldap idmap alloc config:range = 10000-100000 idmap alloc config:ldap_url = ldap://127.0.0.1 idmap alloc config:ldap_user_dn = cn=Administrador,o=Ferreteria EPA idmap alloc config:ldap_base_dn = ou=idmap,ou=c1,c=sv,o=Ferreteria EPA idmap config DEFAULT:range = 10000-100000 idmap config DEFAULT:ldap_url = ldap://127.0.0.1 idmap config DEFAULT:ldap_user_dn = cn=Administrador,o=Ferreteria EPA idmap config DEFAULT:ldap_base_dn = ou=idmap,ou=c1,c=sv,o=Ferreteria EPA idmap config DEFAULT:default = yes idmap config DEFAULT:readonly = no idmap config DEFAULT:backend = ldap ldapsam:editposix = yes ldapsam:trusted = yes create mask = 0640 force create mode = 0640 directory mask = 0750 force directory mode = 0750 case sensitive = No dont descend = /proc,/dev,/etc,/lib,/lost+found,/initrd My relevant squid.conf lines... auth_param ntlm program /usr/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=squid-2.5-ntlmssp C1.SV/PDCSRVC1SV auth_param basic program /usr/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=squid-2.5-basic C1.SV/PDCSRVC1SV auth_param ntlm children 100 auth_param basic children 100 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours The pdc works as expected, machine join works like charm, users and groups management works equally right, all accounts are placed in the LDAP, getent passwd, groups and shadow shows the ldap accounts I also did a few tests with wbinfo e01ssvsai:/var/lib/samba/winbindd_privileged # wbinfo -u invitado usuarioprueba e01ggen e01glogis e01gcont e01jcomp1 e01jcomp2 e01jcomp3 e01jcomp4 e01jrepo e01jreclu e01rrece e01gcom e01ssvsai:/var/lib/samba/winbindd_privileged # wbinfo -g BUILTIN BUILTIN domain users domain admins domain guests grupoprueba gcentralsv gcompras gcontrol ggerencia glogistica gmercadeo gpersonal gventas gjefecompras gjefecontrol gjefelogistica gjefepersonal e01ssvsai:/var/lib/samba/winbindd_privileged # wbinfo --all-domains C1.SV I also made sure squid users can read /var/lib/samba/winbindd_privileged I also noted this error: e01ssvsai:/var/lib/samba/winbindd_privileged # wbinfo --authenticate=administrator%12345678 plaintext password authentication failed error code was NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER (0xc0000064) error messsage was: No such user Could not authenticate user administrator%12345678 with plaintext password winbind separator was NULL! challenge/response password authentication failed error code was NT_STATUS_INVALID_HANDLE (0xc0000008) error messsage was: Invalid handle Could not authenticate user administrator with challenge/response Does someone have any idea of could go wrong? When I use squid and samba on different machines i usually join the squid machine to the domain using a net join, is this necesary when the pdc and squid are on the same machine? Victor Medina Samuel Goldwyn - "I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead."