computers on the network but access is not allowed. I am not able to 'see' the shares on the server. I can update the samba configuration file from that second Windows XP machine so there is connectivity. What am I missing? Dr Elizabeth Taylor Director Centre for Information and Communications Technology St John's University of Tanzania P O Box 47, Dodoma Tanzania email:etaylor at sjut.ac.tz phone: +255 (0)26 239 0044 FAX: +255 (0)26 239 0025 mobile: +255 (0)784 659 548