diff --git a/install_with_python.sh b/install_with_python.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/source3/winbindd/winbindd.c b/source3/winbindd/winbindd.c
index 248f747..dfaa60d 100644
--- a/source3/winbindd/winbindd.c
+++ b/source3/winbindd/winbindd.c
@@ -932,8 +932,22 @@ static bool remove_idle_client(void)
 	struct winbindd_cli_state *state, *remove_state = NULL;
 	time_t last_access = 0;
 	int nidle = 0;
+    int count =0;
+    int i = 0;
+
+    struct winbindd_cli_state* state_arr[50];
+    for (i = 0; i < 50 ; i++) {
+        state_arr[i] = NULL;
+    }
+
 
 	for (state = winbindd_client_list(); state; state = state->next) {
+
+        if (state->pid && (kill(state->pid, 0) == -1) && (count<50)) {
+           DEBUG(5,("Found dead client - %d and pid %u\n",count, state->pid));
+           state_arr[count++] = state;
+        }
+
 		if (client_is_idle(state)) {
 			nidle++;
 			if (!last_access || state->last_access < last_access) {
@@ -943,6 +957,15 @@ static bool remove_idle_client(void)
 		}
 	}
 
+    if (count) {
+        for (i=0; i<50; i++) {
+            if (state_arr[i] && (state_arr[i] != remove_state) ) {
+                DEBUG(5,("Removing client - %d and pid %u\n",i, state_arr[i]->pid));
+                remove_client(state_arr[i]);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
 	if (remove_state) {
 		DEBUG(5,("Found %d idle client connections, shutting down sock %d, pid %u\n",
 			nidle, remove_state->sock, (unsigned int)remove_state->pid));