I am getting an error when I try to access a dir on my Linus box the error is "The account is not authorzed to login from this station" (This error comes on my NT machine) If I set up a dir as "public" I can access it. here is what my smb.conf file looks like [global] ; workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name, eg: REDHAT4 workgroup = Americas hosts allow = 208.133.15.0/255.255.255.0 log file = /var/log/samba-log.%m lock directory = /var/lock/samba share modes = yes [tmp] comment = Temporary file space path = /tmp read only = no public = yes [Cwarren_Home] comment = Cwarren Account path= /home/cwarren username = cwarren read only = no create mode = 0750 ; comment is the equivalent of the NT Description field comment = RedHat Samba Server ; volume = used to emulate a CDRom label (can be set on a per share basis) volume = RedHat5 ; Security and file integrity related options lock directory = /var/lock/samba locking = yes ; strict locking = yes ; fake oplocks = yes share modes = yes ; Security modes: USER uses Unix username/passwd, SHARE uses WfW type passwords ; SERVER uses a Windows NT Server to provide authentication services security = SERVER ; Use password server option only with security = server password server = Grover ; Before setting socket options read the smb.conf man page!! socket options = TCP_NODELAY Craig Warren Work # (619) 458-5541 e-mail CWarren@iclretail.com