"Funny" thing is that the same happens when I try to connect to the feisty machine FROM the same feisty machine. Feisty install is HERD 5 with all updates applied. root@feisty:~# smbclient -d 3 //feisty/samba lp_load: refreshing parameters Initialising global parameters params.c:pm_process() - Processing configuration file "/etc/samba/smb.conf" Processing section "[global]" added interface ip=192.168.1.22 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 Client started (version 3.0.24). Connecting to 127.0.1.1 at port 445 Password: Doing spnego session setup (blob length=58) got OID=1 3 6 1 4 1 311 2 2 10 got principal=NONE Got challenge flags: Got NTLMSSP neg_flags=0x608a0215 NTLMSSP: Set final flags: Got NTLMSSP neg_flags=0x60080215 NTLMSSP Sign/Seal - Initialising with flags: Got NTLMSSP neg_flags=0x60080215 SPNEGO login failed: Logon failure Anonymous login successful Domain=[MSHOME] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.24] convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence(ᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence() convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence() convert_string_internal: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵᅵ) convert_string_internal: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_internal: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_internal: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_internal: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_internal: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_internal: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence(ᅵ) convert_string_internal: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵ) convert_string_internal: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵ) convert_string_internal: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence() convert_string_internal: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence() convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence(ᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence() convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence() resolve_lmhosts: Attempting lmhosts lookup for name ᅵᅵᅵ<0x20> resolve_wins: Attempting wins lookup for name ᅵᅵᅵ<0x20> resolve_wins: WINS server resolution selected and no WINS servers listed. resolve_hosts: Attempting host lookup for name ᅵᅵᅵ<0x20> name_resolve_bcast: Attempting broadcast lookup for name ᅵᅵᅵ<0x20> convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence(ᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵ) convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence() convert_string_allocate: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence() convert_string_internal: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵᅵ) convert_string_internal: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_internal: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_internal: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_internal: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_internal: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵᅵ) convert_string_internal: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence(ᅵ) convert_string_internal: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵ) convert_string_internal: Conversion error: Illegal multibyte sequence(ᅵ) convert_string_internal: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence() convert_string_internal: Conversion error: Incomplete multibyte sequence() Connection to ᅵᅵᅵ failed