Hi, I have successfully tested all the steps listed on "troubleshooting techniques", but still getting system error 5 has occurred Access is denied When I Net view \\jefflinux <file:///\\jefflinux> And when I do Net use x: \\jefflinux\tmp <file:///\\jefflinux\tmp> I got System error 1230 has occurred The account is not authorized to log in from this station. =========================================The setting is as follows: Linux server: Red Hat 7.1 running samba 2.0.7 Name=jefflinux, ip=192.168.0.101 XP (home edition), ip=192.168.0.100 XP (professional edition) ip=192.168.0.103 All 3 machines use user "jeff" and same password. /etc/samba/smb.conf [global] workgroup = WORKGROUP netbios = jefflinux log level = 3 log file = /var/log/samba/samba.log wins support = yes [tmp] path = /tmp browseable = yes writable = yes All nmbclient and nmblookup tests are positive. XP test results are: Nbtstat -n Local Area Connection: Node IpAddress: [192.168.0.100] Scope Id: [] NetBIOS Local Name Table Name Type Status --------------------------------------------- YOUR-US67PI6LUV<00> UNIQUE Registered WORKGROUP <00> GROUP Registered YOUR-US67PI6LUV<03> UNIQUE Registered YOUR-US67PI6LUV<20> UNIQUE Registered WORKGROUP <1E> GROUP Registered WORKGROUP <1D> UNIQUE Registered ..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered nbtstat -A 192.168.0.101 Local Area Connection: Node IpAddress: [192.168.0.100] Scope Id: [] NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table Name Type Status --------------------------------------------- JEFFLINUX <00> UNIQUE Registered JEFFLINUX <03> UNIQUE Registered JEFFLINUX <20> UNIQUE Registered WORKGROUP <00> GROUP Registered WORKGROUP <1E> GROUP Registered MAC Address = 00-00-00-00-00-00 Please help. Jeffrey