hi, I have a problem - accounts and passwords on the computer running samba and windows client are the same, but I'm getting a windows prompt: Enter Network Password ___________ You must supply a password to make this connection: resource: \\linuf\ipc$ password: ------------------------ smbclient -U% -L localhost works fine below is my smb.conf file: # Samba config file created using SWAT # from UNKNOWN (127.0.0.1) # Date: 2000/05/31 20:39:53 # Global parameters [global] workgroup = CONT encrypt passwords = Yes max log size = 50 load printers = No preferred master = Yes comment = Samba [student] comment = space 2 path = /usr/people/student username = student writeable = Yes guest ok = Yes p.s. I placed my subnet mask instead of my netmask in network configuration, but this shouldn't be a problem.[i think] thank you for any help, mathias Stating the Obvious. All meta, all the time. <http://www.theobvious.com/> ____________________________________________________________ Get your own Web-Based E-mail Service at http://www.zzn.com Get your own Web-Based E-mail Service at http://www.zzn.com. Get your 100MB FREE Internet storage! Sign up now - www.netdrive.com/?O=ZZN4 Get your 100MB FREE Internet storage! Sign up now - www.netdrive.com/?O=ZZN4