Greetings, I am trying to pass samba the "create mask = 0700" directive under [Homes]. In spite of this, files show up with permissions 740 (group readable). This directive seems to work fine in other shares, this behavior is special to [Homes]. Is [Homes] overriding my create mask directive intentionally, or am I missing something stupid? ^_^ [homes] comment = Home directory for %u on %h browseable = no writable = yes path = /archive/homes/%u valid users = %S create mask = 0700 force user = %S Thanks, John H. Nyhuis Sr. Computer Specialist Dept. of Pediatrics HS RR349B, Box 356320 University of Washington Desk: (206)-685-3884 cabal@u.washington.edu