My heartily suggestion # apt-get install samba
then # vi /etc/samba/smb.conf (or if you are that newbie,) # nano /etc/samba/smb.conf add: # requires user-level access to computer to access this resource; # however, it's read-write. [sharing] comment = File Sharing browseable = yes read only = no create mask = 0700 directory mask = 0700 and comment the whole [homes] thing. -- A gas which obeys to the perfect gas equation is a perfect gas, where the perfect gas equation describes the relationship between pressure, volume and temperature of a perfect gas. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Dondley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>; "Debian-Users" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 9:16 PM Subject: RE: Sharing files between Linux & Windows machines on LAN