Myles, Thanks, that did the trick. I did find the FAQ on the password encription, and set it to text. But I didn't reboot the wintell box. <sigh> Now to setup a public dir on the Free BSD Box. Ralph Howard Hamster Productions www.crvanard.com/hamster (650) 594-1088 _______________________________________________________ Tired of slow Internet? Get @Home Broadband Internet http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html