Hi Jerry, Andrew, et. al. Background: RH 7.2 Two Samba installs: 3.0-15 under /usr/local/samba 2.2.3a under /usr error as follows: ---snip--- [root@phoenix root]# /usr/local/samba/bin/smbclient -L 127.0.0.1 incorrect size for /usr/local/samba/lib/upcase.dat - got 0 expected 131072 incorrect size for /usr/local/samba/lib/lowcase.dat - got 0 expected 131072 creating lame upcase table creating lame lowcase table incorrect size for /usr/local/samba/lib/valid.dat - got 0 expected 65536 creating default valid table incorrect size for /usr/local/samba/lib/valid.dat - got 0 expected 65536 creating default valid table added interface ip=192.168.1.20 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 error connecting to 127.0.0.1:445 (Connection refused) Password: Doing spnego session setup (blob length=73) OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba] Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- samba-help Disk Samba HOWTOs IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba PDC running 3.0-alpha15) ADMIN$ IPC IPC Service (Samba PDC running 3.0-alpha15) Server Comment --------- ------- Workgroup Master --------- ------- SYROIDMANOR PHOENIX [root@phoenix root]# ---ends--- however, if I simply run 'smbclient' (which picks up /usr/bin/smbclient - 2.2.3a) I get: ---snip--- [root@phoenix root]# smbclient -L 127.0.0.1 added interface ip=192.168.1.20 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 Password: Domain=[SYROIDMANOR] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba] Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- samba-help Disk Samba HOWTOs IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba PDC running 3.0-alpha15) ADMIN$ IPC IPC Service (Samba PDC running 3.0-alpha15) Server Comment --------- ------- HYDRAS Samba Server JANUS PHAEDRUS Tom's Inspiron PHOENIX Samba PDC running 3.0-alpha15 Workgroup Master --------- ------- SYROIDMANOR PHOENIX [root@phoenix root]# ---ends--- which not only loses the '*case.dat' and 'valid.dat' errors, but also correctly shows all the machines on my network. Best, /tom