[Samba] connection problem

[Hosanna, John]

Samba 2.2.2 is running on my hp 11.11 server.  have about 20 connections.
nobody else can connect!

trying to debug using various tools:

houux6: >smbclient -L localhost -I 10.41.248.90 -n houux6 -W KM -d10
added interface ip=10.41.248.90 bcast=10.41.251.255 nmask=255.255.252.0
Client started (version 2.2.2).
Connecting to 10.41.248.90 at port 139
socket option SO_KEEPALIVE = 0
socket option SO_REUSEADDR = 0
socket option SO_BROADCAST = 0
socket option TCP_NODELAY = 1
socket option IPTOS_LOWDELAY = 0
socket option IPTOS_THROUGHPUT = 0
socket option SO_REUSEPORT = 0
socket option SO_SNDBUF = 32768
socket option SO_RCVBUF = 32768
socket option SO_SNDLOWAT = 8192
socket option SO_RCVLOWAT = 8192
socket option SO_SNDTIMEO = 0
socket option SO_RCVTIMEO = 0
write_socket(3,76)
write_socket(3,76) wrote 76
Sent session request
read_socket_with_timeout: timeout read. EOF from client.
receive_smb: length < 0!
client_receive_smb failed
size=0
smb_com=0x0
smb_rcls=0
smb_reh=0
smb_err=0
smb_flg=0
smb_flg2=0
smb_tid=0
smb_pid=0
smb_uid=0
smb_mid=0
smt_wct=0
smb_bcc=0
session request to LOCALHOST failed (code 0)
Connecting to 10.41.248.90 at port 139
socket option SO_KEEPALIVE = 0
socket option SO_REUSEADDR = 0
socket option SO_BROADCAST = 0
socket option TCP_NODELAY = 1
socket option IPTOS_LOWDELAY = 0
socket option IPTOS_THROUGHPUT = 0
socket option SO_REUSEPORT = 0
socket option SO_SNDBUF = 32768
socket option SO_RCVBUF = 32768
socket option SO_SNDLOWAT = 8192
socket option SO_RCVLOWAT = 8192
socket option SO_SNDTIMEO = 0
socket option SO_RCVTIMEO = 0
write_socket(3,76)
write_socket(3,76) wrote 76
Sent session request
read_socket_with_timeout: timeout read. EOF from client.
receive_smb: length < 0!
client_receive_smb failed
size=0
smb_com=0x0
smb_rcls=0
smb_reh=0
smb_err=0
smb_flg=0
smb_flg2=0
smb_tid=0
smb_pid=0
smb_uid=0
smb_mid=0
smt_wct=0
smb_bcc=0
session request to *SMBSERVER failed (code 0)

houux6: >nmblookup -B houux6 __SAMBA__
querying __SAMBA__ on 10.41.248.90
10.41.248.90 __SAMBA__<00>

houux6: >echo hello | telnet localhost 139
Trying...
Connected to localhost.kindermorgan.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection closed by foreign host.

houux6: >nmblookup -S houux6
querying houux6 on 10.41.251.255
10.41.248.90 houux6<00>
Looking up status of 10.41.248.90
        HOUUX6          <00> -         M <ACTIVE>
        HOUUX6          <03> -         M <ACTIVE>
        HOUUX6          <20> -         M <ACTIVE>
        KM              <00> - <GROUP> M <ACTIVE>
        KM              <1e> - <GROUP> M <ACTIVE>