[mike@rae_server textdocs]$ smbclient //rae_server/mike added interface ip=10.0.1.42 bcast=10.0.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 Password: Domain=[RAE] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.2] tree connect failed: ERRDOS - ERRnosuchshare (You specified an invalid share name) Services are running however: [mike@rae_server textdocs]$ smbclient -L rae_server added interface ip=10.0.1.42 bcast=10.0.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 Password: Domain=[RAE_INTERNET] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.2] Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba 2.2.2) ADMIN$ Disk IPC Service (Samba 2.2.2) mike Disk Home Directory for : mike Server Comment --------- ------- RAE_SERVER Samba 2.2.2 Workgroup Master --------- ------- RAE RAE_SERVER Here is my simple config: %rae_server cat smb.conf [global] netbios name = rae_server workgroup = RAE security = user encrypt passwords = yes local master = no dns proxy = no [public] path = /home/share read only = no [homes] guest ok = no read only = no