I am running Debian on a LAN. I am trying to send popup messages(Winpopup protocol) but just get the same error over and over. We have a WinXP machine named "Mindelessdemon"(He is actually a very nice guy, don't get foolled by the demon stuff), a Win2k machine called "Whitehead" and a win98 machine called "Wyrm". I cant connect to the WinXP or Win2k machine with the messages, but I can connect to the Win98 machine. The programs they are running is the same(RealPopup 2.3 Build 047, compatible with WinPopup and therefore linux) and I got it to work right at the beginning, but I seemed to have changed something somewhere. I am still learning the inns and outs of linux. My machine info samba 2.999+3.0cvs20020827-1 Debian Unstable(up to date as in current dist) Linpopup to interface with smbclient for receaving/sending message Here is the ourput. **************************************************** ** Here I can see him and connect **************************************************** jmak:/home/jmak# smbclient -L mindlessdemon added interface ip=146.232.176.120 bcast=146.232.179.255 nmask=255.255.252.0 added interface ip=172.16.136.1 bcast=172.16.136.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 added interface ip=172.16.30.1 bcast=172.16.30.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 Got a positive name query response from 146.232.176.11 ( 146.232.176.11 ) Password: Doing spnego session setup (blob length=16) OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager] Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- IPC$ IPC Remote IPC D$ Disk Default share ADMIN$ Disk Remote Admin C$ Disk Default share Server Comment --------- ------- Workgroup Master --------- ------- **************************************************** *** Now I try to send a message, but get my console back with an error **************************************************** jmak:/home/jmak# smbclient -M mindlessdemon added interface ip=146.232.176.120 bcast=146.232.179.255 nmask=255.255.252.0 added interface ip=172.16.136.1 bcast=172.16.136.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 added interface ip=172.16.30.1 bcast=172.16.30.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 Got a positive name query response from 146.232.176.11 ( 146.232.176.11 ) read_socket_with_timeout: timeout read. read error = Connection reset by peer. message start: SUCCESS - 0 **************************************************** *** I do the same I did to mindlessdemon, but since I don't *** know the password I cant browse his shares. It still seems *** I can connect to him and get information from his network. **************************************************** jmak:/home/jmak# smbclient -L whitehead added interface ip=146.232.176.120 bcast=146.232.179.255 nmask=255.255.252.0 added interface ip=172.16.136.1 bcast=172.16.136.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 added interface ip=172.16.30.1 bcast=172.16.30.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 Got a positive name query response from 146.232.176.10 ( 146.232.176.10 ) Password: Doing spnego session setup (blob length=16) Anonymous login successful Domain=[MAJUBA] OS=[Windows 5.0] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager] Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- Error returning browse list: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED Server Comment --------- ------- Workgroup Master --------- ------- **************************************************** *** Once again I get problems sending messages. **************************************************** jmak:/home/jmak# smbclient -M whitehead added interface ip=146.232.176.120 bcast=146.232.179.255 nmask=255.255.252.0 added interface ip=172.16.136.1 bcast=172.16.136.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 added interface ip=172.16.30.1 bcast=172.16.30.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 Got a positive name query response from 146.232.176.10 ( 146.232.176.10 ) read_socket_with_timeout: timeout read. read error = Connection reset by peer. message start: SUCCESS - 0 **************************************************** *** Looking at the 98 machine, everything works fine and *** message is sent and * received at the other end **************************************************** jmak:/home/jmak# smbclient -L wyrm added interface ip=146.232.176.120 bcast=146.232.179.255 nmask=255.255.252.0 added interface ip=172.16.136.1 bcast=172.16.136.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 added interface ip=172.16.30.1 bcast=172.16.30.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 Got a positive name query response from 146.232.176.190 ( 146.232.176.190 ) error connecting to 146.232.176.190:445 (Connection refused) Password: Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- IPC$ IPC Remote Inter Process Communication Server Comment --------- ------- Workgroup Master --------- ------- jmak:/home/jmak# smbclient -M wyrm added interface ip=146.232.176.120 bcast=146.232.179.255 nmask=255.255.252.0 added interface ip=172.16.136.1 bcast=172.16.136.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 added interface ip=172.16.30.1 bcast=172.16.30.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 Got a positive name query response from 146.232.176.190 ( 146.232.176.190 ) error connecting to 146.232.176.190:445 (Connection refused) Connected. Type your message, ending it with a Control-D Test, please ignore sent 21 bytes jmak:/home/jmak#