New to the list. I couldn't seem to find the FAQ on the samba site. Can anyone point me to a good samba faq? Problem: I tar up a big directory on my Solaris 2.6 box using /bin/tar. I then use smbclient to restore it onto a drive on an NT server. It works for a while, apparently just until it comes to a softlink in the tar file. At that point it complains about the link, says it will skip it, and then promptly complains of a checksum error and quits. Any help? Thanks, Jim Symon symon@cylink.com % tar cfX /filesys1/wilma2.tar /filesys1/tar_excludes ./home % /usr/local/samba/bin/smbclient //BEAST/nixbakup back -U back -T x /filesys1/wilma2.tar ...[much successful restoring]... restore tar file \home\bryans\IXP1200EB\ixp1200Timer.c of size 21741 bytes restore tar file \home\bryans\IXP1200EB\LEDs.txt of size 943 bytes this tar file appears to contain some kind of link other than a GNUtar Longlink - ignoring Skipping \home\bryans\IXP1200EB\Makefile... restore tar file \home\bryans\IXP1200EB\Makefile of size 943 bytes checksums don't match 0 33586 abandoning restore, -1 from read tar header