Michael D. Hensley wrote:
>
> Michael Anderson posted the following error from his log.smb file:
> > Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. Exiting
>
> Doug Werth responded:
> > We ran into the exact same thing here. Turn out you just need to make
> > sure you have a hosts file set up correctly (HOSTS.NET.SYS) with an entry
> > for loopback (127.0.0.1).
>
> I get the same exact error message.  My hosts file does include the
> following entry:
>
> 127.0.0.1 loopback localhost LOOPBACK LOCALHOST
>
> so I don't think that's the problem.  Sigh.

Well I to have the loopback localhost entry in my host file. I added it after
 reading Doug's original message on the matter. Samba continues to fail
exactly as Michael Hensley explained. I get the same error "51" from the DOS
window.

So what are we doing different than Doug.

My host file was setup in the shell using VI as /etc/hosts. Then I set
symbolic link as ":NEWLINK HOSTS.NET.SYS, /etc/hosts"  How about you?

My services file is setup the same way as /etc/services. With a symbolic link
as ":NEWLINK SERVICES.NET.SYS, /etc/services" How about you?

Maybe Doug can post his host file so we can compare the differences.

What OS are all the samba users on, I'm running 5.0?

Something must be different. I don't think NT is the answer because I have
tried it on WFW3.11 and NT3.51 and also NT4.0 none of them are getting a
response back from Samba.

Any and all input will be appreciated.

TIA,
Michael "specified computer is not receiving requests" Anderson