I'm using 1.9.18p7 ---------------------- /etc/smb.conf contains [global] hosts allow = myhost ------------------------- /etc/lmhosts contains myhost's-IP-address myhost ------------------------------------ smbd and nmbd are run as daemons. When I run smbclient //myhost/tmp, I get 'not listening for calling name', but if I specify hosts allow = myhost's-IP-address it works OK. Why does it resolve myhost on the command line but not in the .conf file? This problem is apparently so trivial that nothing in the diagnosis procedure seems to address it. Thanks, Steve Cabito Chama ValleyNet ==========