C:\Programme\cygwin\bin> smbcli~1.exe //kai1/kai Can't load /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf - run testparm to debug it load_client_codepage: filename /usr/local/samba/lib/codepages/codepage.850 does not exist. load_unicode_map: filename /usr/local/smba/lib/codepages/unicode_map.850 does not exist. added interface ip=3D10.8.47.19 bcast=3D10.8.47.255 nmask=3D255.255.248.0 Password: Domain=3D[KAINET] OS=3D[Unix] Server=3D[Samba 2.2.4] smb: \> Following instructions from DIAGNOSIS.txt, I ran testparm on our smb.conf (which is in /etc/samba, not /usr/local/samba/lib) and it was OK. I will increase the log level in order to see whether the internal error is related to messages received by smbd. I hope this info will be helpful in tracking down the bug. All the best, -- John D. Boy Klinik und Poliklinik f=FCr An=E4sthesiologie und Spezielle Intensivmedizin Universit=E4tsklinkum Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universit=E4t Bonn am Rhein "A good way to threaten somebody is to light a stick of dynamite. Then you call the guy and hold the burning fuse up to the phone. 'Hear that?' you say. 'That's dynamite, baby.'" --Jack Handey=