Hi, I have Linux (SUSE 6.1) installed on a Thinkpad 770. Everything related to the network works fine: FTP, Ping, Web, etc. Now I tried Samba 2.05a. Configuration with SWAT was OK, the syntax of smb.conf is OK too. I run through the procedure in diagnosis.txt and failed on the 3rd step: When trying an smbclient -L localhost i receive the message: Added interface ip=150.150.190.54 bcast=150.150.255.255 nmask=255.255.0.0 read_socket_with_timeout: timeout read. read error = Broken pipe. session request to LOCALHOST failed read_socket_with_timeout: timeout read. read error = Broken pipe. session request to *SMBSERVER failed It doesnt matter if the PC is in a Network or standalone, the result is the same. Has anybody an idea which screw to turn? Cheers Axel --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr.-Ing. Axel K. Braun EMail: axel.braun@uni-duisburg.de L?neburger Weg 11c Phone(priv):+49-(0)211 - 41 39 04 D-40468 D?sseldorf Mobile: +49-(0)172 - 202 79 48 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Business: Phone: +49-(0)211 - 6007007 Fax: +49-(0)211 - 6007008 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Doc. B supports the MSBC: http://msbc.simplenet.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------