I have Samba 2.2.4 running on RedHat 7.3 and I am trying to connect a Win XP Pro laptop to it. I installed the latest (as of today) registry fix on the laptop, but when I browse to the samba server in network neighborhood, I get the message: \\Localhost <file:///\\Localhost%20is%20not%20accessible.%20You%20might%20not%20have %20permission%20to%20use%20this%20network%20resource.%20Contact%20the%20 administrator%20of%20this%20server%20to%20find%20out%20if%20you%20have%2 0access%20permissions.%20%20You%20were%20not%20connected%20because%20a%2 0duplicate%20name%20exists%20on%20the%20network.%20Go%20to%20System%20in %20Control%20Panel%20to%20change%20the%20computer%20name%20and%20try%20a gain.> is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. You <file:///\\Localhost%20is%20not%20accessible.%20You%20might%20not%20have %20permission%20to%20use%20this%20network%20resource.%20Contact%20the%20 administrator%20of%20this%20server%20to%20find%20out%20if%20you%20have%2 0access%20permissions.%20%20You%20were%20not%20connected%20because%20a%2 0duplicate%20name%20exists%20on%20the%20network.%20Go%20to%20System%20in %20Control%20Panel%20to%20change%20the%20computer%20name%20and%20try%20a gain.> were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network. Go to System in Control Panel to change the computer name and try again." The computer names are different though, so I don't know where the duplicate is coming from, if this is the actual problem, which I suspect it is not (there are no other computers on the network), and my name and password on XP are the same as my account on the linux box. I stripped down my smb.conf file to simply: [global] workgroup = MYGROUP [homes] guest ok = no read only = no to get it to work, so I know there are no password problems, but it still gives me the same error messages. Using smbclient on the localhost works fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Brian -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed