well thanks to the help of the howtos i was able to set up a small network at home. one in windows 2000 and the other in samba, using Vector Linux 3.2 as its OS. My issue is that i have to type "smbd" and "nmbd" for the daemons to start...but i want them to start with the booting of the system. in the howtos they mention a file that is not in my linux version..../etc/rc.d/init.d/samba .... this file enables all the daemons to start up. Well, i am not sure how to do it...perhaps my version of samba is too old for this...i am using 2.2.8 thanks for everything. -alvaro.

You might also want to look into /etc/inetd.conf as sometimes they're enabled in there, as well. If you look for smbd and nmbd, you may find them already present but commented out. Just uncomment them and restart identd.conf (kill -1 ident's pid).

Alternatively, since this is Red Hat, you might find Samba in xinet for startup. It's been a while so you might have to check the paths I'm giving you. Look for /etc/xinet.d. You should find this directory full of startup files. Look for one for Samba and edit that file. There will be a line that says "disable = yes". Change it to "disable = no" and it should start up at boot for you.

Take care,
Mike