jkm2a wrote: > I'm at a loss to know what I did > during the installation of the new hardware that could have removed > or disabled Samba, and I'd really like to get it going again without > having to reinstall FC5, as I've customized some of the apps fairly > extensively. Anybody got any ideas as to what might be the problem, > or what I need to check? Are you saying that when you type: service smb start you are not getting: Starting SMB services: [ OK ] Starting NMB services: [ OK ] but the word FAILED instead? Then, please check your samba logs in /var/log/samba as a starter.