I am looking after a Linux server running Samba. There is a fileshare which is visible, via Appletalk, to Macs. Despite all my attempts, though, I cannot get any PC (98, NT or 2000) to access this share. They can see the device, and attempt to log on. The PC's demand an authorisation password for Username "\\Samba\IPC$", which I understand can happen when there is a cleartext/encrypted password problem; the NT machines ask for a normal authentication but when you put a valid username/password combination in, the box disappears and appears again, blank. I have tried setting up Samba to use encrypted passwords (and use the fully updated smbpasswd file) and I have tried patching the registry on one Win98SE machine. No joy. I have also tried to make the share entirely public, to no avail. I can control the Samba server through Internet Explorer, using it's IP address as the address, and I can ping it from a PC. The one thing which seems to my (ill-linux-educated) mind to be of significance is that I cannot ping ANY devices from the Linux command line. I have used the AllowHosts option in smb.conf, but I cannot make it work. Does anybody have any ideas as to what I could try next. Any help would be much appreciated as I have about 10 people repeatedly asking me how long it will be until I can fix this device. Thanks in Advance Desperate Andy. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com