Hello: I have samba set-up and working completely fine on my Linux server. I can get to it using network neighborhood just fine. Now, I want to set-up and stunneled connection to the server so that the data is protected. I know about the ssl option for samba, but that is slated to be removed so I want to get this working with stunnel. So, on the server, I issued this command: /usr/sbin/stunnel -D 7 -d 2139 -r 139 On my client (A windows 2000 machine), here is what I did: 1. Created a directory c:\bin 2. Downloaded the file http://www.kuix.de/ssl/stunnel-3.11-kai-gui-winexe.zip and extracted it. 3. I then went to a command line, changed to the c:\bin directory and typed this command: stunnel.exe -D 7 -c -d 127.0.0.2:139 -n smb -r 204.130.252.205:2139 I then went to windows explorer and tried to add a network place with the location \\127.0.0.2\Documents but when it tries to connect, I get a pop-up that says the network path was not found. On the client here is what I see: C:\bin>stunnel.exe -D 7 -c -d 127.0.0.2:139 -n smb -r 204.130.252.205:2139 LOG5[1308:1256]: Using '204.130.252.205.2139' as tcpwrapper service name LOG7[1308:1256]: RAND_status claims sufficient entropy for the PRNG LOG7[1308:1256]: Seeded PRNG with RAND_screen LOG6[1308:1256]: PRNG seeded successfully LOG5[1308:1256]: stunnel 3.11 on x86-pc-unknown WIN32 LOG7[1308:1256]: 204.130.252.205.2139 bound to 127.0.0.2:139 LOG7[1308:1012]: 204.130.252.205.2139 started LOG5[1308:1012]: 204.130.252.205.2139 connected from 192.168.1.3:1753 LOG7[1308:1012]: 204.130.252.205.2139 connecting 204.130.252.205:2139 LOG7[1308:1012]: Remote host connected LOG7[1308:1012]: Negotiations for smb(client side) started On the server, I see this message when I try to connect: May 6 13:05:57 www stunnel[1362]: 139 connected from 65.185.3.177:1754 Any ideas? Thanks, Neil. -- Neil Aggarwal JAMM Consulting, Inc. (972) 612-6056, http://www.JAMMConsulting.com Custom Internet Development Websites, Ecommerce, Java, databases