Hi My samba looks like it works but I get messages like this to my console on the server. I run RH6.2 on a local network. I have attached my testparm file also below. Help is much appriciated best regards Mettavihari Sri Lanka ----------------------------- [2001/02/09 17:17:26, 0] nmbd/nmbd_namequery.c:query_name_response(95) query_name_response: Multiple (2) responses received for a query on subnet 172.16.1.1 for name NARADA-NET<1d>. This response was from IP 172.16.1.5 [2001/02/09 17:18:48, 0] libsmb/nmblib.c:send_udp(725) Packet send failed to 172.16.255.255(138) ERRNO=Invalid argument [2001/02/09 17:25:48, 0] libsmb/nmblib.c:send_udp(725) Packet send failed to 172.16.255.255(138) ERRNO=Invalid argument [2001/02/09 17:27:16, 0] nmbd/nmbd_namequery.c:query_name_response(95) query_name_response: Multiple (2) responses received for a query on subnet 172.16.1.1 for name NARADA-NET<1d>. This response was from IP 172.16.1.5 ------------------------------- /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain 172.16.1.1 narada.col7.metta.lk narada col7.metta.lk 203.115.29.130 dhamma.metta.lk dhamma metta.lk 10.0.0.1 modem01 modem01.metta.lk 10.0.0.3 ppp01 ppp01.col7.metta.lk 172.16.1.3 dvf.col7.metta.lk dvf 172.16.1.2 narada.col7.metta.lk narada col7.metta.lk 172.16.1.4 metta04.col7.metta.lk metta04 172.16.1.5 metta05.col7.metta.lk metta05 172.16.1.6 metta06.col7.metta.lk metta06 172.16.1.7 metta07.col7.metta.lk metta07 172.16.1.8 metta08.col7.metta.lk metta08 ------------------------------- Load smb config files from /etc/smb.conf Loaded services file OK. Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions # Global parameters workgroup = NARADA-NET netbios name = netbios aliases = server string = Samba 2.0.3 interfaces = bind interfaces only = No security = USER encrypt passwords = No update encrypted = No use rhosts = No min passwd length = 5 map to guest = Never null passwords = No password server = smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd hosts equiv = root directory = / passwd program = /bin/passwd passwd chat = *old*password* %o\n *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *changed* passwd chat debug = No username map = password level = 1 username level = 0 unix password sync = No log level = 0 syslog = 1 syslog only = No log file = /var/log/samba-log.%m max log size = 5000 timestamp logs = Yes protocol = NT1 read bmpx = Yes read raw = Yes write raw = Yes nt smb support = Yes nt pipe support = Yes nt acl support = No announce version = 4.2 announce as = NT max mux = 50 max xmit = 65535 name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast max packet = 65535 max ttl = 259200 max wins ttl = 518400 min wins ttl = 21600 time server = No change notify timeout = 60 deadtime = 0 getwd cache = Yes keepalive = 300 lpq cache time = 10 max disk size = 0 max open files = 10000 read prediction = No read size = 16384 shared mem size = 1048576 socket options = stat cache size = 50 load printers = No printcap name = lpstat printer driver file = /etc/printers.def strip dot = No character set = mangled stack = 50 coding system = client code page = 850 stat cache = Yes domain groups = domain admin group = domain guest group = domain admin users = domain guest users = machine password timeout = 604800 add user script = delete user script = logon script = logon path = \\%N\%U\profile logon drive = logon home = \\%N\%U domain logons = No os level = 0 lm announce = Auto lm interval = 60 preferred master = No local master = Yes domain master = No browse list = Yes dns proxy = Yes wins proxy = No wins server = wins support = No kernel oplocks = Yes ole locking compatibility = Yes smbrun = /usr/bin/smbrun config file = preload = lock dir = /var/lock/samba default service = pub message command = dfree command = valid chars = remote announce = remote browse sync = socket address = 0.0.0.0 homedir map = time offset = 0 unix realname = No NIS homedir = No panic action = comment = Samba Server path = alternate permissions = No revalidate = No username = guest account = metta invalid users = valid users = admin users = read list = write list = force user = force group = read only = Yes create mask = 0744 force create mode = 00 directory mask = 0755 force directory mode = 00 guest only = No guest ok = No only user = No hosts allow = 172.16. EXCEPT 172.16.1.3 hosts deny = status = Yes max connections = 0 min print space = 0 strict sync = No sync always = No print ok = No postscript = No printing = sysv print command = lp -c -d%p %s; rm %s lpq command = lpstat -o%p lprm command = cancel %p-%j lppause command = lp -i %p-%j -H hold lpresume command = lp -i %p-%j -H resume queuepause command = lpc stop %p queueresume command = lpc start %p printer name = printer driver = NULL printer driver location = default case = lower case sensitive = No preserve case = Yes short preserve case = Yes mangle case = No mangling char = ~ hide dot files = Yes delete veto files = No veto files = hide files = veto oplock files = map system = No map hidden = No map archive = Yes mangled names = Yes mangled map = browseable = Yes blocking locks = Yes fake oplocks = No locking = Yes oplocks = Yes strict locking = No share modes = Yes copy = include = exec = postexec = root preexec = root postexec = available = Yes volume = fstype = NTFS set directory = No wide links = Yes follow symlinks = Yes dont descend = magic script = magic output = delete readonly = No dos filetimes = No dos filetime resolution = No fake directory create times = No [homes] comment = Home Directories valid users = metta read only = No create mask = 0750 guest ok = Yes [tmp] comment = Temporary file space path = /tmp valid users = metta read only = No guest ok = Yes [public] comment = Public Stuff path = /home/public read only = No guest ok = Yes print ok = Yes