Hi, I am seeing this error in a stand-alone xrootd file server - 111018 04:14:06 30417 cms_Finder: Waiting for cms path /var/spool/xrootd/admin/.olb/olbd.admin Here is the config file - [root@atlas8 ~]# cat /etc/xrootd/xrootd-standalone.cfg all.adminpath /var/spool/xrootd/admin oss.space public /disk/data* all.export /atlas r/w stage nocheck nodread all.export /atlas/local r/w nostage nocheck nodread all.role server xrd.port 1094 if exec xrootd xrootd.chksum max 3 adler32 /usr/bin/xrdadler32 xrootd.seclib /usr/lib64/libXrdSec.so # this specify that we use the 'unix' authentication module, additional one can be specified. sec.protocol /usr/lib64 unix # specify the sss authentication module #sec.protocol /usr/lib64 sss -s /var/spool/xrootd/.xrd/sss.keytab -c /var/spool/xrootd/.xrd/sss.keytab sec.protocol /usr/lib64 sss -s /var/spool/xrootd/.xrd/sss.keytab # this is the authorization file acc.authdb /etc/xrootd/auth_file ofs.authorize #sec.protbind *.hep.anl.gov unix # Global Redirector information all.manager meta glrd.usatlas.org:1095 ofs.notify closew create mkdir mv rm rmdir trunc | /usr/bin/XrdCnsd -d -D 2 -i 90 -b atlas22.hep.anl.gov:1095:/atlas/inventory #frm.purge.policy * 500g 750g hold 168h frm.xfr.copycmd in stats noalloc /etc/xrootd/new-stagein.sh $SRC $DST $CID #frm.xfr.copycmd in stats /etc/xrootd/new-stagein.sh $SRC $DST $CID oss.xfr deny 10m cms.prep echo cms.space min 10g 15g cms.allow host *.hep.anl.gov -------------------- Thanks, Doug Benjamin