netbios-ns 137/tcp #NETBIOS Name Service netbios-ns 137/udp #NETBIOS Name Service netbios-ssn 139/tcp #NETBIOS Session Service netbios-ssn 139/udp #NETBIOS Session Service #====And at boot I run a script to start the smbd/nmbd daemons: (and ps says that they are running) I'm not running them from inetd, though I tried that first with the same problems. /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -D /usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd -D #====I'm usually logged in as root or su when trying this all out, so I wouldn't think that it would be a permission issue. In the hosts allow and interfaces entries I have tried adding the localhost ip (127.) but with no success there either. Does anyone else have any ideas? I'd love to be able to share all the files with my home network! Thanks! Michael J Horton Sr Programmer / Owner Mad Knight Consulting http://www.madknight.com