hi i am working in the right direction this are the message in the log.smbd [2001/04/12 11:11:48, 0] locking/shmem_sysv.c:sysv_shm_open(667) Can't create or use IPC area. Error was El fichero existe [2001/04/12 11:11:48, 0] locking/locking.c:locking_init(174) ERROR: Failed to initialise share modes I don't know what to do i am only traying to print from win clients to mandrake linux samba server i am using mandrake linux 7.2 when i execute smbstatus I saw this : [root@jupiter /etc]# smbstatus Samba version 2.0.7 Service uid gid pid machine ---------------------------------------------- lp whc xgrp 3206 station6 (192.168.0.106) Thu Apr 12 11:32:21 2001 Can't create or use IPC area. Error was El fichero existe ERROR: Failed to initialise share modes Can't initialise shared memory - exiting please help me i have two days fighting against this mistake i am only having problems with printing attach my smb.conf file thanks Wenceslao Hernandez C. -------------- next part -------------- # Samba config file created using SWAT # from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1) # Date: 2001/04/12 10:16:20 # Global parameters [global] workgroup = KVJ netbios name = JUPITER netbios aliases = printer server string = %h Linux Server %v interfaces = 192.168.0.1/24 127.0.0.1/24 passwd program = /bin/smbpasswd password level = 1 log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 50 domain master = Yes dns proxy = No guest account = inet hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127. load printers = Yes printcap name = cups printing = cups print command = /usr/bin/lpr-cups -r -h -P %p %s lpq command = /usr/bin/lpstat -o%p lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm-cups -P %p %j queuepause command = /usr/bin/disable %p queueresume command = /usr/bin/enable %p share modes = yes [homes] comment = Home Directories writeable = Yes browseable = No [privado] comment = Directorio de USO ADMINISTRATIVO path = /home/publico valid users = whc ronal kvj write list = @privado writeable = Yes ; [bj2100] ; comment = CANON BJ2100 ; path = /var/spool/samba/lp ; printable = Yes ; printer = lp ; printer driver = CANON BJ2100 [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba public = yes printable = yes available = yes [publico] comment = Varias Aplicaciones de Interes path = /home/publico/publico write list = @privado writeable = Yes guest ok = Yes