hi, when i do nevanfs01:/ # nmblookup NEVAN#1B i get querying NEVAN on 192.168.255.255 192.168.41.3 NEVAN<1b> 192.168.41.3 NEVAN<1b> i just wonder, why there's two times the same entry? i also get error messages from nmbd like these, which i think are related to the problem i mentioned at first: 2004-07-21 13:34:21 nmbd[3150]: [2004/07/21 13:34:09, 0] nmbd/nmbd_namequery.c:query_name_response(101) 2004-07-21 13:29:26 nmbd[3150]: This response was from IP 192.168.41.3, reporting an IP address of 192.168.41.3. 2004-07-21 13:29:26 nmbd[3150]: query_name_response: Multiple (2) responses received for a query on subnet 192.168.1.239 for name NEVAN<1d>. here's my smb.conf for the PDC (192.168.41.3) [global] workgroup = NEVAN netbios name = nevanpdc server string = NevanPDC on Samba Version: %v username map = /etc/samba/username.map log level = 5 log file = /var/lib/samba/log.%m max log size = 10000 -- snip --- guest ok = no guest account = Guest security = user os level = 65 domain master = yes local master = yes preferred master = yes domain logons = yes logon path logon home encrypt passwords = yes socket options = SO_KEEPALIVE IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY wins support = yes dns proxy = no add machine script = /root/bin/BDC/addmachine.sh '%u' display charset = UTF8 unix charset = UTF8 -- could you point me to a solution? thx greez "Matrix - more than a vision" ************************************************** Michael Gasch - Central IT Department - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Deutscher Platz 6 04103 Leipzig Germany **************************************************