Hi Fellow Samba users, I have two unix oracle servers one with an early release of Samba, the other a later release. below is the outcome. Can you tell me where I am going wrong. fujitsu solaris 8 samba ver 1.9.18p2 c:\net view \\fujitsu Shared resources at \\fujitsu Samba 1.9.18p2 Share name Type Used as Comment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fims01 Disk The command completed successfully. ctaxcppd solaris 9 samba version 2.2.12 c:\net view ctaxcppd System error 5 has occurred. Access denied. var/log.nmbd contains [2005/05/30 10:28:13, 0] nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:(183) process_name_refresh_request: unicast name registration request received for n ame CI033793<00> from IP 190.1.90.36 on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET. [2005/05/30 10:28:13, 0] nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:(184) Error - should be sent to WINS server The smb.conf files are workgroup=WORKGROUP null passwords = yes encrypt passwords = yes [fims01] path=/appl/fims/request_in guest=no read only=no Thanks for looking at my dilemma. Andy Bird. andy.bird@fife.gov.uk ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed and should not be disclosed to any other party. If you have received this email in error please notify your system manager and the sender of this message. This email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses but no guarantee is given that this e-mail message and any attachments are free from viruses. Fife Council Tel: +44 (0) 1592 414141 **********************************************************************