Hi All Guys, The problem is as follows: ipchains and iptables stopped # service smb start On Win98 - 2 members found in the workgroup "Scw98"(Win98) and "M40G". Samba server - Clicking "M40G" popup a warning "permission not allowed" - Searching computer with the name of Samba server "M40G" found it there but searching with its IP address could not find it - Ping M40G and IP address of Samba server showed connected On Samba server "as root" - "mount" could not mount Samba server - Ping SCW98 and IP address of Win98 showed connecting INFORMATION ========== Both Win98 and Samba server need password to login Samba server OS - RH8.0 2 NICs - one for broadband connection another for connecting Win98 via a crossover cable IP address - 192.168.0.2 Computer name - M40G /etc/samba/smb.conf (basic configure) [global] workgroup = SEC guest account = satimis encrypt passwords = no hosts allow = yes security = share [test] comment = share path = /home browseable = yes read only = no guest only = no guest ok = yes /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 192.168.0.1 SCW98 192.168.0.2 M40G Win98 IP address - 192.168.0.1 Computer name - SCW98 Components .... - IPX/SPX - Net BEUI - NetBIOS support for IPX/SPX - TCP/IP .... Kindly advise. Thanks in advance. Stephen Liu