OS = RHEL 5 samba version 3.4.15 OpenLdap 2.3.43 Hi I am struggling with this problem at the very end of deploying a samba/ldap solution (currently not doing an domain stuff) . It all seems to working except that when I modify a user by adding the user to a new group (unix group) this change is not reflected in samba shares. the opposite is also true. for example the directory listing is drwxrwx--- 2 root hamcity 4096 Nov 22 10:51 hamcity the share is defined in smb.conf as [hamcity] path = /export/hamcity users = +hamcity I have a user jtony (initially not a member of the Group hamcity) I add jtony to the group hamcity with >smbldap-usermod -G +hamcity or using a the open source "LDAP Admin" tool at this point jtony cannot access the share \\server\hamcity but after I restart the smb service jtony now has access to \\server\hamcity. the big question I have is , "Is this behavior by design?" if not "how do I force samba to pick up changes in the LDAP directory without restarting the slapd service?" I hope some one can help, I have come so far with this and it hasn't been easy, id hate to have to give up on what seems like a great open source solution because of this one stumbling block. Hoping the issue is my ignorance regards Tony -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba