Mates, I have configured samba 100 times, but this time, I'm doing something increadibly stupid that I just cannot see. Please HELP! I'm about to jump...... Background, Old samba sever (nemesis) being replaced with new one (bonza). Both are up and operating. All networking is OK, Name resolution is fine, etc. The problem is that all users can see all the shares on the new machine (bonza) just fine. They can map and browse their home share, but *cannot* browse any of the other shares. I on the other hand, as admin user, can connect and browse the shares just fine. All users have unix accounts and entries in the smbpasswd file. All access groups are set up. All users can run "net view \\bonza" from the dos prompt and see all shares. The permissions of the shares are: [root@bonza samba]# ls -l total 36 drw-rw---- 3 root bertin 4096 Aug 13 10:54 bertin/ drw-rw---- 8 root ochiltree 4096 Aug 11 23:58 closed/ drw-rw---- 4 root ochiltree 4096 Aug 13 10:47 computer/ drw-rw---- 34 root ochiltree 4096 Aug 15 22:52 forms/ drw-rw---- 3 root guillory 4096 Aug 13 10:54 guillory/ drw-rw---- 5 root ochiltree 4096 Aug 16 23:31 joint/ drw-rw---- 3 root ochiltree 4096 Aug 13 10:54 office/ drw-rw---- 3 root rankin 4096 Aug 13 10:54 rankin/ drw-rw---- 3 root ochiltree 4096 Mar 16 17:27 visionary/ Now, here is the problem I encounter with the smbclient test when attempting to connect as another user: [leah@Nemesis /home]$ smbclient -U% -L bonza Domain=[RB_LAW] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.13] Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- config Disk Admin Config Share office Disk Shared Office Files rankin Disk Rankin Law Firm PLLC bertin Disk Darren Bertin guillory Disk David Guillory jointcases Disk Joint Client Files lawtools Disk Case Development - Summation forms Disk Shared Forms and Briefs computer Disk Computer Drivers and Software closed Disk Rankin Law Firm PLLC print$ Disk pdf-gen Printer PDF Generator (only valid users) IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server 3.0.13) ADMIN$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server 3.0.13) Domain=[RB_LAW] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.13] Server Comment --------- ------- BONZA Samba Server 3.0.13 NEMESIS RB_LAW Samba Server 3.0.7 Workgroup Master --------- ------- RB_LAW NEMESIS [leah@Nemesis /home]$ smbclient '\\bonza\rankin' Password: Domain=[RB_LAW] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.13] tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME [leah@Nemesis /home]$ I've even set the share permissions as 0777 and still no joy. This is killing me. I really can't see the forest for the trees. Can anybody see what I'm doing stupidly wrong??? I have worked chapter 12 DIAGNOSIS in Using Samba and I'm still stuck. My smb.conf is shown below. Thank you for any help. Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf Processing section "[homes]" Processing section "[config]" Processing section "[office]" Processing section "[rankin]" Processing section "[bertin]" Processing section "[guillory]" Processing section "[jointcases]" Processing section "[lawtools]" Processing section "[forms]" Processing section "[computer]" Processing section "[closed]" Processing section "[printers]" Processing section "[print$]" Processing section "[pdf-gen]" Global parameter printcap name found in service section! Loaded services file OK. Server role: ROLE_DOMAIN_PDC Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions # Global parameters [global] workgroup = RB_LAW server string = Samba Server %v map to guest = Bad User log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 50 name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 printcap name = cups show add printer wizard = No domain logons = Yes dns proxy = No wins server = 192.168.7.14 printer admin = @adm hosts allow = 192.168.7., 127., 66.76.63.120 [homes] comment = Home Directories read only = No browseable = No [config] comment = Admin Config Share path = / valid users = david admin users = david force user = root force group = root read only = No [office] comment = Shared Office Files path = /home/samba/office valid users = @ochiltree admin users = david force group = ochiltree read only = No inherit permissions = Yes [rankin] comment = Rankin Law Firm PLLC path = /home/samba/rankin valid users = @rankin admin users = david force group = rankin read only = No inherit permissions = Yes [bertin] comment = Darren Bertin path = /home/samba/bertin valid users = @bertin admin users = david force group = bertin read only = No inherit permissions = Yes [guillory] comment = David Guillory path = /home/samba/guillory valid users = @guillory admin users = david force group = guillory read only = No inherit permissions = Yes [jointcases] comment = Joint Client Files path = /home/samba/joint valid users = @ochiltree admin users = david force group = ochiltree read only = No inherit permissions = Yes [lawtools] comment = Case Development - Summation path = /home/samba/visionary valid users = @ochiltree admin users = david force group = ochiltree read only = No inherit permissions = Yes [forms] comment = Shared Forms and Briefs path = /home/samba/forms valid users = @ochiltree admin users = david force group = ochiltree read only = No inherit permissions = Yes [computer] comment = Computer Drivers and Software path = /home/samba/computer valid users = @ochiltree admin users = david force group = ochiltree read only = No inherit permissions = Yes [closed] comment = Rankin Law Firm PLLC path = /home/samba/closed valid users = @ochiltree admin users = david force group = ochiltree read only = No inherit permissions = Yes -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. RANKIN LAW FIRM, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax rankinlawfirm.com --