Probably a stupid question, but I cannot even start troubleshooting until I buy a clue. What does "Can't become connected user? mean? It shows up fairly often. Aside from happening when I try to access a share, there's no pattern that I can see. 6 11:34:40 badlands smbd[20524]: [2005/11/06 11:34:40, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(577) Nov 6 11:34:40 badlands smbd[20524]: Can't become connected user! Thanks! Mike- -- Mornings: Evolution in action. Only the grumpy will survive. -- Please note - Due to the intense volume of spam, we have installed site-wide spam filters at catherders.com. If email from you bounces, try non-HTML, non-encoded, non-attachments.