> Try the > following: > > 1. restart samba
OK > 2. login john > 3. run smbstatus (save output) [EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]# smbstatus Samba version 2.2.8 Service uid gid pid machine ---------------------------------------------- john john john 15079 XPWS (192..132) Tue Jun 10 22:12:51 2003 netlogon john john 15079 XPWS (192..132) Tue Jun 10 22:12:52 2003 IPC$ nobody nobody 15079 XPWS (192..132) Tue Jun 10 22:12:47 2003 No locked files > 4. logoff john > 5. run smbstatus (save output) [EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]# smbstatus Samba version 2.2.8 Service uid gid pid machine ---------------------------------------------- Profiles john john 15079 XPWS (192..132) Tue Jun 10 22:15:55 2003 IPC$ john john 15079 XPWS (192..132) Tue Jun 10 22:13:22 2003 No locked files Now wait a second! This is a strange one! As admin on that XP WS I used gpedit to make "Computer Configuration\bla bla\User Profiles\Only allow local user profiles - Enable"! Why does it still use Profiles? ... Anyway the profiles connection dissapears after a while but the IPC$ one no! > 6. login jane > 7. run smbstatus (save output) Probably this is it: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]# smbstatus Samba version 2.2.8 Service uid gid pid machine ---------------------------------------------- IPC$ nobody nobody 15079 XPWS (192..132) Tue Jun 10 22:21:10 2003 Jane Jane Jane 15079 XPWS (192..132) Tue Jun 10 22:20:39 2003 P Jane Jane 15079 XPWS (192..132) Tue Jun 10 22:21:09 2003 IPC$ john john 15079 XPWS (192..132) Tue Jun 10 22:13:22 2003 netlogon Jane Jane 15079 XPWS (192..132) Tue Jun 10 22:20:40 2003 No locked files ... and after a while: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]# smbstatus Samba version 2.2.8 Service uid gid pid machine ---------------------------------------------- Jane Jane Jane 15079 XPWS (192..132) Tue Jun 10 22:20:39 2003 P Jane Jane 15079 XPWS (192..132) Tue Jun 10 22:21:09 2003 IPC$ john john 15079 XPWS (192..132) Tue Jun 10 22:13:22 2003 No locked files Huh? What on earth does this mean?? :-o -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba