Slackware 8.0 (2.2.19) Have configured samba with swat - used a past good and simple config file. Issued commands: /usr/sbin/smbd -D and /usr/sbin/nmbd -D Checked the process list with ps ax and there is neither a smbd nor nmbd process. Then issued commands: usr/sbin/smbd -d 10 and usr/sbin/nmbd -d 10 Get entries in /var/log/syslog (for both commands) which are: Jul 22 09:05:44 humphry inetd[74]: netbios-ns/udp server failing (looping), service terminated Any ideas as to what I can do to solve this problem? Thanks Much John Clay Tallahassee, FL USA