Thanks - I'll check it out some more. I have samba now, but am unable to connect from the Win 98 box, although I can see the machine. It asks for a password, and I try the PW for root and for the account corresponding to my windows login, but without success.

>I would say SAMBA is what you need. It is the equivalent of having an IPX/SPX connection to say Netware. You could get more info at
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>http://samba.gorski.net/samba/samba.html
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>Costas