When "List" or "Add" permissions are set on a directory with explorer.exe and "Replace permissions on existing files" is checked, all "rwx" bits are cleared for all files in the directory. As "Add" is actually "(WX)(Not specified)" it seems to be more wise left file permissions intact. Also, SAMBA incorrectly shows permissions ()(for files), because "create mask" isn't taken into account. SAMBA 2.0.6 Oleg Tipisov, REDCENTER, Moscow