Hi you all! this is my strange problem of the day! I use Debian stable, linux 2.6.18-5-686, samba Version 3.0.24. Here's my smb.conf [global] workgroup = NO1KNOWS realm = NO1KNOWS bios name = PBT server string = Rob's Samba dns proxy = no os level = 64 log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 50 syslog = 0 panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d security = user encrypt passwords = true passdb backend = tdbsam obey pam restrictions = yes invalid users = root unix password sync = yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX spassword:* %n\n . password server = 127.0.0.1 ; pam password change = no socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=8192 local master = yes domain master =yes preferred master = yes domain logons = yes hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 192.168.3.2/32 192.168.3.3/32 192.168.3.4/32 192.168.3.9/32 192.168.3.22/32 192.168.3.93/32 192.168.2.93/3\ 2 logon path = \\%L\profiles\%u\%m logon script = logon.bat logon drive = H: logon home = \\%L\%u\.win_profile\%m time server = yes logon home = \\%L\%U\.profile add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g 100 -s /bin/false %u [netlogon] comment = Network Logon Service path = /usr/local/samba/lib/netlogon read only = yes write list = @admin guest ok = no writable = no share modes = no browsable = no [homes] comment = Home Directories read only = no browseable = no writable = yes create mask = 0600 directory mask = 0700 guest ok = no map archive = yes [Tutto] path = /tutto writable = yes create mask = 0750 directory mask = 0750 browseable = yes read only = no guest ok = no [Condivisa] path = /condivisa writable = yes create mask = 0777 directory mask = 0777 browseable = yes read only = no guest ok = no rob@thelema:~$ smbmount //pbt3/Condivisa /home/rob/Condivisa -o username=rob,password=ZZZZZZ,uid=rob,gid=ufficio rob@thelema:~$ but this is what i get: pbt:~# smbstatus WARNING: The "printer admin" option is deprecated Samba version 3.0.24 PID Username Group Machine ------------------------------------------------------------------- 20761 rob rob 192.168.3.93 (192.168.3.93) Service pid machine Connected at ------------------------------------------------------- Tutto 20761 192.168.3.93 Wed Feb 20 12:18:10 2008 Condivisa 20761 192.168.3.93 Wed Feb 20 12:17:58 2008 No locked files pbt:~# It seems it doesn't accept GID. any help? tnx in adv. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Questa =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=E8?= una parte del messaggio firmata digitalmente Url : http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/attachments/20080220/bba69b43/attachment.bin