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...at would explain this. I didn't see anything offhand that would of. I've tried the different hosts variables within smb.conf : ex. name resolve order = wins bcast hosts and the local /etc/nsswitch.conf ex. hosts: files dns winbind wins I have this in the smb.conf as well. wins server = ip_address_of_local_wins_server allow trusted domains = yes wins support = no If I use the same config files but use 3.04, it work....hum... Thanks, Adam P.S. By the way, this last round of testing (if I get though this issue) will have our company state side replacing all the remaining windows fileservers to linux....