I've setup samba on my slacware box. Here is my smb.conf: ###################################3 My SMB.CONF ###################################3 root@darkstar:/usr/local/samba/bin# cat ../lib/smb.conf [global] workgroup = home netbios name = darkstar [videos] path = /mnt/backup public = yes writable = yes ###################################3 My TESTPARM SMB.CONF ###################################3 root@darkstar:/usr/local/samba/bin# ./testparm ../lib/smb.conf Load smb config files from ../lib/smb.conf Processing section "[videos]" Loaded services file OK. Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions [global] workgroup = HOME [videos] path = /mnt/backup read only = No guest ok = Yes ###################################3 My Errors ###################################3 root@darkstar:/usr/local/samba/bin# ./smbclient -L darkstar session request to DARKSTAR failed (Call returned zero bytes (EOF)) session request to *SMBSERVER failed (Call returned zero bytes (EOF)) ###################################3 Netsat -a ###################################3 root@darkstar:/usr/local/samba/lib# netstat -a Active Internet connections (servers and established) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State tcp 0 0 *:time *:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 *:3306 *:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 *:submission *:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 *:netbios-ssn *:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 *:http *:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 *:x11 *:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 *:auth *:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 *:smtp *:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 darkstar.sontek.n:32909 www.google.com:http ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 darkstar.sontek.n:32908 www.google.com:http ESTABLISHED udp 0 0 *:biff *:* udp 0 0 darkstar.son:netbios-ns*:* udp 0 0 *:netbios-ns *:* udp 0 0 *:netbios-ns *:* udp 0 0 darkstar.so:netbios-dgm*:* udp 0 0 *:netbios-dgm *:* udp 0 0 *:time *:* ###################################3 My script for starting samba ###################################3 root@darkstar:/usr/local/samba/lib# cat /etc/rc.d/rc.samba #!/bin/sh /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd -D #/usr/local/samba/sbin/winbindd -B /usr/local/samba/sbin/nmbd -D