OK so I can mount a cd-rom drive off an NT box no problem, as in. I don't get any errors. here's what I do get. [root@intranet /root]# smbmount \\\\192.168.2.3\\cd-rom /mnt/cdrom/ Added interface ip=192.168.2.2 bcast=192.168.2.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 Session request failed (131,130) with myname=INTRANET destname=192.168.2.3 Called name not present Try to connect to another name (instead of 192.168.2.3) You may find the -I option useful for this [root@intranet /root]# smbmount \\\\three\\cd-rom /mnt/cdrom/ Added interface ip=192.168.2.2 bcast=192.168.2.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 Got a positive name query response from 192.168.2.3 ( 192.168.2.3 ) Server time is Sat Jul 24 12:48:22 1999 Timezone is UTC-4.0 security=share smb: \> dir dir: command not found smb: \> ls ls: command not found smb: \> So - how do I access the files? what I want to do here, is install vmware from an NT box to our intranet server running, samba-2.0.4b-19990706 I got it from the contrib.redhat.com Also, I should mention that I used smbmount to mount it in this way. smbmount \\\\three\\cd-rom /mnt/cdrom/ but I have tried stuff like this as well. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [root@intranet /root]# smbmount //seventeen/c /mnt/cdrom -U nacs -W NACS -n kenn -d 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [root@intranet /root]# smbmount //db/cd-rom /mnt/cdrom -i 207.166.192.86 -U nacs -W NACS -n kenn If I'm doing something wrong, please piont me in the right direction. thanks |_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-| INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 11 in pid 13646 (2.0.5) ^^^^^^^^^ |_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-|