[global] workgroup = DOMAIN realm = DOMAIN.NET server string = %h server (Samba, AIX. No, really.) interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8 en1 bind interfaces only = yes log file = /opt/samba/var/log/log.%m max log size = 1000 syslog = 0 security = ads encrypt passwords = true obey pam restrictions = no map to guest = bad user domain master = no local master = no preferred master = no ; i've also tried this, which was working in 3.5.x ; idmap backend = hash ; idmap uid = 1000-4000000000 ; idmap gid = 1000-4000000000 idmap config DOMAIN: default = yes idmap config DOMAIN: backend = tdb idmap config DOMAIN: range = 2000-4000000000 template shell = /usr/bin/ksh winbind use default domain = yes winbind separator = \\ winbind enum groups = no winbind enum users = no winbind nss info = template winbind normalize names = No winbind offline logon = Yes # Don't do member listing on groups winbind nested groups = no winbind expand groups = 0 kerberos method = system keytab password server = * auth methods = winbind