Hi, This may sound like an odd question, but I was wondering if it would be feasable to run samba inside a minimal environment, such as that of initramfs. The idea would be to have a small system that will mount one partition and share it. The system will do nothing else (no console support needed). I know I would require a large number of libraries, and I would need to verify them all. Next I would need a properly configured nsswitch.conf file and /etc/passwd /etc/group to match. After this, I should just need the binaries (smbd, nmbd) to run samba and a correct directory structure. Am I missing anything? Is it worthwhile to attempt such a system, or would I be better stripping down a distribution? Any sugggestions are welcome. A pointer to a small (under 50mb) distribution that can perform this, would be appreciated if this is not worth my time. Please note, this is for creating a security = user type server with smbpasswd for passdb backend. It is not a client. Thank you, Michael Cassaniti