My ignorance is showing - so I can name the Linux boxes anything I want - they are in the Windows workgroup but I don't have a domain - do I? Can I name a domain - only on the LAN? And then each Linux box? I think I set up the shares in SWAT. Must I log on the Windows and Linux machine as same user and password? David David I. Sommers, Ph.D. Scientific Review Administrator Interventions Review Committee (ITV) National Institute of Mental Health 6001 Executive Boulevard Room 6144, MSC 9608 Bethesda, MD 20892 Rockville, MD 20852 (for express or courier service) 301-443-7861 - voice 301-443-4720 - fax dsommers@mail.nih.gov - email