The smbd log shows: [1999/06/24 06:40:24, 0] lib/util_sock.c:client_addr(851) getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected [1999/06/24 06:40:24, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_data(407) write_data: write failure. Error = Broken pipe [1999/06/24 06:40:24, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket(191) write_socket: Error writing 4 bytes to socket 7: ERRNO = Broken pipe [1999/06/24 06:40:24, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(568) Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. Exiting when the failure occurs ... --mike