My previous problem has been resolved. The Linux/Samba server appears to be working correctly now. I now fail on Step 8. From a Win98 DOS prompt, type "net view \\alpha" (alpha being my Linux server running Samba). I get the specified computer is not receiving requests" message. Any ideas what could be causing this? I can ping my Linux server from that PC, telnet to the Linux server, and run X on that PC Although, it did not appear to make a difference I have added the IP address of my PC to the hosts.allow file. Help??