I am a newbie here and I have been going around in circles with this problem. I have set up samba to use encrypted p/w and use a WinNT4 sp4 client with registry changed for plaintextpasswords. I can 'map network drive' successfully and peruse all the shares but if I try to use the 'Network Neighborhood', then I can see the shares (so I guess that I have been authenticated correctly) but I get "Access denied" if I try to descend into them. I know the shares are OK 'cause I can 'map' to them. Changing WinNT4 to default to encrypted p/w gives same result. Anyone know what is different between 'mapping network drive' and 'Network Neighborhood' which could cause one to work and the other not? Thanks -- ------------- David Foy --------------------------- __/__/ __/__/__/ Phone: +44 1454 611532 __( __/ Fax: +44 1454 617910 __) __/ Email: davef@bristol.st.com (old) __/__/ __/ David.Foy@st.com (new) STMicroelectronics 1000, Aztec West, Almondsbury, Bristol BS32 4SQ