Greetings again ... Funny, it seems that I am looking for alot of help this release ... never mind ... hey goes ... If I do a 'smbclient -U sqlbackup -L \\SQLSCALA' I get ... added interface ip=10.1.1.1 bcast=10.1.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 wins_srv_died(): Could not mark WINS server 127.0.0.1 down. Address not found in server list. Got a positive name query response from 10.1.1.250 ( 10.1.1.250 ) Password: Domain=[SCANIA-ZA-DM] OS=[Windows NT 4.0] Server=[NT LAN Manager 4.0] What worries me is the 'wins_srv_died(): Could not mark WINS server 127.0.0.1 down. Address not found in server list.' Now I can see the server in /var/cache/samba/browse.dat as '"SQLSCALA" 40019007 "" "XXXXXX-ZA-DM" And I can see in /var/cache/samba/wins.dat as "SQLSCALA#00" 1013890092 10.1.1.251 64R "SQLSCALA#03" 1013890092 10.1.1.251 64R "SQLSCALA#20" 1013890092 10.1.1.251 64R Can anyone tell me why I am getting these errors? Thanks Mailed Lee