We are using Samba 2.0.6 to backup a PC drive and keep getting these error messages: added interface ip=62.172.80.201 bcast=62.172.80.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 added interface ip=192.168.213.18 bcast=192.168.213.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 tar_re_search set Domain=[SML] OS=[Windows NT 4.0] Server=[NT LAN Manager 4.0] ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (Access denied.) listing \RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-12480674-760442449-433219294-1000\* ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (Access denied.) listing \RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-12480674-760442449-433219294-500\* ERRDOS - ERRbadshare (The sharing mode specified for an Open conflicts with existing FIDs on the file.) opening remote file \Release Area\FERMAT Workbench\R1.2\Build\Fermat\FermaT.ncb (\Release Area\FERMAT Workbench\R1.2\Build\Fermat\) ERROR: string overflow by 2 in safe_strcpy [\Release Area\FERMAT Workbench\R1.2\Build\Fermat\G] ERROR: string overflow by 1 in safe_strcpy [\Release Area\FERMAT Workbench\R1.2\Build\Fermat\G] ERROR: string overflow by 1 in safe_strcpy [\Release Area\FERMAT Workbench\R1.2\Build\Fermat\G] ERROR: string overflow by 5 in safe_strcpy [\Release Area\FERMAT Workbench\R1.2\Build\Fermat\G] ... lots more lines... ERROR: string overflow by 11 in safe_strcpy [\Release Area\FERMAT Workbench\R1.2\Build\Fermat\G] ERROR: string overflow by 11 in safe_strcpy [\Release Area\FERMAT Workbench\R1.2\Build\Fermat\G] ERROR: string overflow by 4 in safe_strcpy [\Release Area\FERMAT Workbench\R1.2\Build\Fermat\G] ERROR: string overflow by 4 in safe_strcpy [\Release Area\FERMAT Workbench\R1.2\Build\Fermat\G] ERROR: string overflow by 4 in safe_strcpy [\Release Area\FERMAT Workbench\R1.2\Build\Fermat\S] ERROR: string overflow by 2 in safe_strcpy [\Release Area\FERMAT Workbench\R1.2\Build\Fermat\S] ERROR: string overflow by 2 in safe_strcpy [\Release Area\FERMAT Workbench\R1.2\Build\Fermat\S] ERROR: string overflow by 2 in safe_strcpy [\Release Area\FERMAT Workbench\R1.2\Build\Fermat\S] ERROR: string overflow by 2 in safe_strcpy [\Release Area\FERMAT Workbench\R1.2\Build\Fermat\S] ERROR: string overflow by 14 in safe_strcpy [\Release Area\FERMAT Workbench\R1.2\Build\Fermat\S] ... lots more lines ... tar: dumped 22917 files and directories Total bytes written: 1126861312 Finished at: Thu Apr 13 22:50:22 BST 2000 -rw-r--r-- 1 admin other 1139477504 Apr 13 22:50 /home/package2/dell3-D.tar Can anyone help with this? Martin Martin.Ward@durham.ac.uk http://www.dur.ac.uk/~dcs0mpw/ Erdos number: 4 Maintainer of the G.K.Chesterton web site: http://www.dur.ac.uk/~dcs0mpw/gkc/ Shortcuts: http://i.am/mw and http://i.am/gkc -- try them! I am boycotting Amazon. See http://www.plover.com/~mjd/amazon.html for details.