hi dear thanks for your reply. but when i run smb and run smbclient -M hostname i get : root@SEPEHR samba# smbclient -M dns added interface ip=192.168.10.2 bcast=192.168.10.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 Cannot resolve name dns#0x3 root@SEPEHR samba# i did not configure samba just i run it. what is my problem. i can ping : ping dns and it reply how could i solve my problem. Best Regurd