Robert....go to the below howto and read carefully in section 6. http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO.html You probably need to turn off encrypted passwords in windows by editing the registry, which section 6 will tell you about. In fact you should probably read the entire howto ;o) Alan R Marty wrote: > > Hi, > > I use Mandrake 6.1, and I try to setup a network connection between Linux > and Win 98. > But when I use ftp, I obtain : > "connection host by remote host" > > And when I try to use the Network Neighborhood, I obtain: > "\\linux is not accessible > The computer or sharename could not be found" > or > "the network is busy" > > I used Samba and I configured a guest account, but I am not sure that it > works fine .... > > Can you help me, > > Robert
