On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 10:21:51AM -0400, Ryan Manikowski wrote: > Have you run 'testparm' to verify the samba configuration does not > contain any errors that are preventing the smbd daemon from loading? I had not. Doesn't seem to tell us anything: # testparm Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf Processing section "[homes]" Processing section "[printers]" Processing section "[obscured]" Loaded services file OK. Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions [global] workgroup = MYGROUP server string = Samba Server Version %v cups options = raw [homes] comment = Home Directories read only = No browseable = No [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba printable = Yes browseable = No [obscured] path = /obscured valid users = xbase, obs_user read only = No guest ok = Yes Thanks for the idea, though. Whit