hi i use samba 2.2.7a as my domain master and WINS server, and it temporaty lost his'domain mastering', as solution i try call smbcontrol to force elections every hour - as result WINS server goes down. and... in 2.2.5 and later u use - elections workes fine. i use GNU\Linux 2.4.20-pre11, glibc 2.2.5 what more information should i provide?