When trying to connect to a samba server using smbclient on the local machine (or any other unix machine with smbclient), I get a "protocol negotiation failed" error. When I try to connect to the same server using a windows client it works just fine... Regardless of whether the client is on the same server or some other machine I get the following error message: [2002/10/07 15:10:34, 0] lib/util_sock.c:read_data(436) read_data: read failure for 4. Error = Connection reset by peer I understand that this error may point to a network fault (perhaps) but I don't understand think that I have a network fault when running smbclient on the local machine. The machine is a Solaris 8 Sun box and authentication is being performed by Win2k Domain Controllers. The global section of my config is as follows: workgroup = MYDOMAIN server string = %h - Samba %v password level = 8 security = server password server = MYSERVER null passwords = no encrypt passwords = yes wins support = no wins server = 192.168.2.2 hosts allow = 192.168.1., 192.168.2. 192.168.3. fstype = Samba preserve case = yes domain master = no local master = no preferred master = no os level = 0 dead time= 0 locking = yes lock directory = /var/spool/samba hide dot files = yes public = no guest account = nobody browseable = yes log file = /log/samba/log.%m thoughts on this would be useful.. cheers, Carey Nairn ___________________________________________________________ Carey Nairn Network and Systems Administrator Information Systems Branch Phone: (03) 6233 3077 Dept of Premier & Cabinet Fax: (03) 6224 3174 GPO Box 123b Hobart, Tasmania 7001 AUSTRALIA Mailto:Carey.Nairn@dpac.tas.gov.au ___________________________________________________________