-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I successfully set up masquerading without any fuss. The problem lies in the inability to access the other SuSE 9 box. What I need: box#1 accesses internet, box#2 accesses through #1; box#1 accesses #2's HD(s) through samba shares. I have made a couple attempts to set up samba & am getting nowhere very fast. My smb.conf file, which is the example tweaked(hopefully?) for my system: ;; /etc/smb.conf ;; Copyright (c) 1999 SUSE GmbH Nuernberg, Germany. ;[global] workgroup = TUX-NET guest account = nobody keep alive = 30 os level = 2 kernel oplocks = false security = user ; Uncomment the following, if you want to use an existing ; NT-Server to authenticate users, but don't forget that ; you also have to create them locally!!! ; security = server ; password server = 192.168.1.10 ; encrypt passwords = yes printing = bsd printcap name = /etc/printcap load printers = yes socket options = TCP_NODELAY map to guest = Bad User ; Uncomment this, if you want to integrate your server ; into an existing net e.g. with NT-WS to prevent nettraffic ; local master = no ; Please uncomment the following entry and replace the ; ip number and netmask with the correct numbers for ; your ethernet interface. interfaces = 192.168.0.10/255.255.255.0 ; If you want Samba to act as a wins server, please set ; 'wins support = yes' wins support = no ; If you want Samba to use an existing wins server, ; please uncomment the following line and replace ; the dummy with the wins server's ip number. ; wins server = 192.168.1.1 ; Do you wan't samba to act as a logon-server for ; your windows 95/98 clients, so uncomment the ; following: ; logon script =%U.bat ; domain logons = yes ; domain master = yes ; [netlogon] ; path = /netlogon [homes] comment = Heimatverzeichnis browseable = yes read only = no create mode = 0750 [cdrom] comment = Linux CD-ROM path = /cdrom read only = yes locking = no guest ok = yes [printers] comment = All Printers browseable = no printable = yes public = no read only = yes create mode = 0700 directory = /tmp Any pointers deeply appreciated! T/A... - -- ...CH Avoid doing business with 'The Link' ISP. SuSE Is All U Need Linux user# 313696 Linux box# 199365 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAVe9pamdq40EXXvQRAp+aAJ4188FvJwDb1fhXkfFdQ6A+w5vyVQCfReKQ MFOsqMSatTDlnHF3UCwkjZY= =w5uX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----