You asked: | How can i make every file that is created in a directory have the permission 777 | I tried different Create Mask but no success You'll need to use "force create mask" to set bits in the resulting permissions, and create mask to unset them. And yes, the names are confusing: I have to look them up each time (;-)) --dave -- David Collier-Brown, | Always do right. This will gratify some people 185 Ellerslie Ave., | and astonish the rest. -- Mark Twain Willowdale, Ontario | //www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/author.html Work: (905) 415-2849 Home: (416) 223-8968 Email: davecb@canada.sun.com