I am trying to make a public share on my Linux machine using Samba 3.0.10 for automatic setting of time by Windows 98 machines using a batch file that will run in the wee hours. My problem is the net use command always asks for a password which doesn't work for an automatically run batch file. The batch file lines run from windows are: c:\windows\net use \\linda\public c:\windows\net time \\linda /set /yes Every time the "net use" line runs a password is asked for. Although the password can be put in the batch file I'm reluctant to do that. It seems as though if I access linda (linux machine) and give it a password, that works unless I've rebooted either machine or re-started Samba. My public share is world readable and looks like: [public] comment = Public Stuff path = /public read only = No guest only = Yes guest ok = Yes Can anyone give me some advice? Larry -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux