Sorry if this is the subscription address and not the mailing list address, if so..... subscribe sglenister@comcab.co.uk ;-) Guess what...I have a problem. Bound to be my lack of knowledge about Netbios/ WINS/Netbui etc.... Been going through the DIAGNOSIS.txt tests and have got this far... ../smbclient -d 10 -L indy1 which gives... =============================================07/13/1998 12:54:54 client started (version 1.9.18p4) Initialising global parameters params.c:pm_process() - Processing configuration file "/usr/local/samba/lib/smb. conf" Processing section "[global]" doing parameter comment = Samba %v doing parameter workgroup = MIS doing parameter printing = sysv doing parameter hosts allow = 100.0 doing parameter guest ok = yes doing parameter print command = /usr/samba/bin/sambalp %p %s %U %m doing parameter load printers = yes doing parameter guest account = nobody doing parameter browseable = yes doing parameter max log size = 50 doing parameter locking = yes doing parameter lock directory = /usr/samba/var/locks doing parameter share modes = yes doing parameter socket options = TCP_NODELAY doing parameter os level = 0 doing parameter dns proxy = no doing parameter preferred master = no doing parameter domain master = no doing parameter local master = no doing parameter wins support = no doing parameter wins server doing parameter preserve case = yes doing parameter short preserve case = yes pm_process() returned Yes lp_servicenumber: couldn't find homes lp_servicenumber: couldn't find printers lp_servicenumber: couldn't find printers adding IPC service codepage_initialise: client code page = 850 load_client_codepage: loading codepage 850. Adding chars 0x85 0xb7 (l->u = True) (u->l = True) .. ..[deleted to try and save some space....] .. Adding chars 0xe7 0xe8 (l->u = True) (u->l = True) Adding chars 0x9c 0x0 (l->u = False) (u->l = False) Netmask for ec0 = 255.0.0.0 Derived broadcast address 100.255.255.255 Added interface ip=100.0.0.247 bcast=100.255.255.255 nmask=255.0.0.0 Opening sockets resolve_name: Attempting lmhosts lookup for name INDY1 getlmhostsent: lmhost entry: 100.0.0.17 jblack getlmhostsent: lmhost entry: 100.0.0.247 indy1 Connecting to 100.0.0.247 at port 139 Connected write_socket(3,76) write_socket(3,76) wrote 76 Sent session request got smb length of 1 Session request failed (131,129) with myname=INDY1 destname=INDY1 Not listening for calling name Try to connect as another name (instead of INDY1) You may find the -n option useful for this ====================================================Doing an smbclient for another server works fine:- =======================sg@Indy1 103> ./smbclient -L wks19 Added interface ip=100.0.0.247 bcast=100.255.255.255 nmask=255.0.0.0 Server time is Mon Jul 13 13:04:24 1998 Timezone is UTC+0.0 security=share Server=[WKS19] User=[] Workgroup=[MIS] Domain=[CCAB] Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- FTP Disk INFORMIX Disk IPC$ IPC Remote IPC NTME Disk TMP Disk TRUEGRID Disk ============================ testparm gives:- ==============================sg@Indy1 106> testparm | more Load smb config files from /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf Processing section "[homes]" Processing section "[printers]" Processing section "[tmp]" Processing section "[public]" Loaded services file OK. WARNING: You have some share names that are longer than 8 chars These may give errors while browsing or may not be accessible to some older clients Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions # Global parameters debuglevel = 2 syslog = 1 syslog only = No protocol = NT1 security = SHARE max disk size = 0 lpq cache time = 10 announce as = NT encrypt passwords = No getwd cache = Yes read prediction = No read bmpx = Yes read raw = Yes write raw = Yes use rhosts = No load printers = Yes null passwords = No strip dot = No interfaces bind interfaces only = No networkstation user login = Yes password server socket options = TCP_NODELAY netbios name netbios aliases smbrun = /usr/local/samba/bin/smbrun log file config file smb passwd file = /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd hosts equiv preload server string = Samba 1.9.18p4 printcap name = lpstat lock dir = /usr/samba/var/locks root directory = / default service message command dfree command passwd program = /usr/local/samba/bin/smbpasswd passwd chat = *old*password* %o\n *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\ n *changed* valid chars workgroup = MIS username map character set logon script logon path = \\%N\%U\profile logon drive logon home = \\%N\%U remote announce remote browse sync socket address = 0.0.0.0 homedir map announce version = 4.2 max log size = 50 mangled stack = 50 max mux = 50 max xmit = 65535 max packet = 65535 name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast packet size = 65535 password level = 0 username level = 0 keepalive = 0 deadtime = 0 time offset = 0 read size = 16384 shared mem size = 102400 coding system client code page = 850 os level = 0 max ttl = 14400 max wins ttl = 259200 min wins ttl = 21600 lm announce = Auto lm interval = 60 dns proxy = No wins support = No wins proxy = No wins server preferred master = No local master = No domain master = No domain logons = No browse list = Yes unix realname = No NIS homedir = No unix password sync = No time server = No printer driver file = /usr/local/samba/lib/printers.def # Default service parameters comment = Samba %v copy include exec postexec root preexec root postexec alternate permissions = No revalidate = No default case = lower case sensitive = No preserve case = Yes short preserve case = Yes mangle case = No mangling char = ~ browseable = Yes available = Yes path username guest account = nobody invalid users valid users admin users read list write list volume force user force group read only = Yes max connections = 0 min print space = 0 create mask = 0744 force create mode = 00 directory mask = 0755 force directory mode = 00 set directory = No status = Yes hide dot files = Yes delete veto files = No veto files hide files veto oplock files guest only = No guest ok = Yes print ok = No postscript = No map system = No map hidden = No map archive = Yes locking = Yes strict locking = No share modes = Yes oplocks = Yes only user = No wide links = Yes follow symlinks = Yes sync always = No mangled names = Yes fake oplocks = No printing = sysv print command = /usr/samba/bin/sambalp %p %s %U %m lpq command = lpstat -o%p lprm command = cancel %p-%j lppause command lpresume command printer printer driver = NULL printer driver location hosts allow = 100.0 hosts deny dont descend magic script magic output mangled map delete readonly = No dos filetimes = No dos filetime resolution = No fake directory create times = No [tmp] comment = Temporary file space path = /usr/tmp read only = No [public] comment = Public Stuff path = / ================================================== So...sorry for the volumous email (especially if it's going to the wrong address. Does anyone have any pointers? Cheers, Steve