PLEASE.. understand at least some of the basics, I know there are alot of new linux/unix/...samba users on the list. so i wont flame too hard. <holding back> http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/NET-3-HOWTO.html as well as.. 'man smb.conf' and 'man smbclient' or if you would rather look at a web page instead.. http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/docs/man/man1/smbclient.html and http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/docs/man/man5/smb.conf.html