get "no permission" I define a "force group = sales" for that share and it works. Now this isn't of much use, of no use at all to be true so I put all the information from the Ldap server into /etc/passwd /etc/group adjusted /etc/nsswitch turned the Ldap server off and everything worked as expected. Why is the LDAP server in conjunction with samba always comming along with the default group ID not checking whether the user belongs to any other groups that would permit the requested action as it is on the OS level or when using the /etc files ??? Strangely enough it must be checking for additional groups in the first place for when I connect to the share being defined as "valid users +sales" the connect succeeds and I can mount the thing. If I could get this solved that would make it ready to go. Help is greatly (and I mean it) appreaciated Best regards Robert Gehr "If something is broken, fix it!" ==================================web2CAD AG Emailfabrikstrs. 12 92224 Amberg / Germany visit: http://www.web2cad.com