short version: whenever i try to log in to my samba server from an NT workstation, i get an error message: The account is not authorized to log in from this station. in my smb.conf, i have hosts allow = x.x.x. 127. where x.x.x. is the network number for the subnet containing both the pc and the redhat linux 5.0 alpha w/2.0.34 kernel. in hosts.allow, i have ALL : x.x.x.0/255.255.255.0 which i know in ordinary circumstances would b dangerous, but i'm testing this at home where there are only 3 computers. i have the exact smae problem at work, where i have samba set up on a sparc20 running solaris 2.6: iknow my setup is screwed up somewhere, i'm just at a loss for where. Paul Krohn San Francisco Examiner - Systems Department 110 Fifth Street San Francisco, CA 94103 415-777-7884 krohn@examiner.com