Hi, I'm searching for 2 months on this problem (I've searched in the archive of course and I've sent a message on this mailing list, the suggestions had helped me but I didn't manage to resolve the problem). The problem: ------------ I've got Samba 2.0.2 on a Linux Red Hat 5.2 and a server NT4 SP3 with Seagate BackupExec 7.0. When I want to backup Samba with Seagate BackupExec, I get a message saying "A device specific error occured" and another saying "Unable to connect to server, <F5> to retry". I upgraded with the Seagate BackupExec 7.2 evaluation for test, but I got exactly the same problem. I do not think it's a basic connection problem, I configure access to the share for guest user. I had also tried with security=user and security=server. But I can access and word on the share with Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT 4 clients. Analysis: --------- Here is the log file corresponding to the problem: [1999/06/28 13:13:10, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(320) serveur logged in as admin user (root privileges) [1999/06/28 13:13:10, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection(488) serveur (192.168.0.10) connect to service test as user user_ho (uid=506, gid=507) (pid 1152) [1999/06/28 13:13:10, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(514) serveur (192.168.0.10) closed connection to service test IMPORTANT => We can see that the connexion to the share "test" is closed just after the connexion, but I do not know why. Here is the smb.conf: [global] workgroup = HYPEROFFICE server string = Samba Server printcap name = /etc/printcap load printers = False log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m guest account = guestsamba max log size = 50 guest ok = yes read only = yes password server = SERVEUR security = SERVER socket options = TCP_NODELAY dns proxy = no [test] comment = Share test path = /home/test writable = yes public = yes force user = user_ho create mask = 0766 admin users = serveur, backup, BackupExec guest ok = True map archive = True printable = no Another strange thing, that may be linked because it involve archive status on files: I've added to the SMB.CONF: map archive = true create mask = 0766 But when I put the property Archive with Windows NT, no status Archive is put for the file. If I use chmod u+x on this file, and when I see it in the Windows Explorer, I see the status Archive. But when I want to see it with the Property dialog on Windows, the case Archive is not checked, and the status Archive is retired, without I changed anything! However, it works find with Windows 95 and Windows 98. Strange... Thank you for any suggestions. ------------------------------- Franck BULAND - HyperOffice SA T?l: 01.41.96.96.75 E-mail: franck.buland@hyperoffice.fr