Just occurred to me, its SuSE... What are your firewall settings on the suse system, it may be that at install you blocked off the samba ports. which would equate to why its connection refused instead of timed out maybe. just another quickie, -- Mark www.wwjh.net www.vulndev.org/~mark If you know yourself, knowing the enemy does not matter. -- Sun Tzu - The Art of War (Adapted)