Thom Paine wrote: Thanks for your kind reply.
I think the file name should be /etc/samba/smb.conf
That is indeed the name of the file I edited.
Test your samba configuration with # testparm
# testparm Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf Processing section "[homes]" Processing section "[printers]" Processing section "[jmccarty]" Loaded services file OK. Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Is this possibily the problem? Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions # Global parameters [global] netbios name = PRESARIO server string = Samba Server encrypt passwords = No password server = None username map = /etc/samba/smbusers log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 50 socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 printcap name = /etc/printcap dns proxy = No idmap uid = 16777216-33554431 idmap gid = 16777216-33554431 [homes] comment = Home Directories read only = No browseable = No [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba printable = Yes browseable = No [jmccarty] comment = My Home path = /home/jmccarty read only = No Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} This message made from 100% recycled bits. You have found the bank of Larn. I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that!