Hey Everyone, I finally got Fedora Core 5 to install on my AMD 500 ... added some ram and it is faster. Running it as a server mostly. X running. I used the Samba tool under Gnome to configure Samba. System > Administration > Server Settings >Samba added a share under me as the user, making it visible and read/write. added a user - me not root. used the win name on my xp laptop. On the Xp I can right mouse click start, click explore, select my network places at the bottom of the list, click entire network, click microsoft windows network, click the workgroup, click the link to the Samba server. I can see the share. Login form appears. I enter the UN & PW I put into the Samba config. I get a message the path is "not accessible" that I might not have permissions .... the network path was not found Any help much appreciated, Keith - - - - - - - Keith Smith - - - - - - - http://travelingcheese.com/search_engine/increase-search-engine-traffic.html - - - - - - - --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail.