Last weekend I changed over to our new file server running Debian Lenny 64Bit Samba version 3.2.5... all seemed to work fine but we are getting the occasional file that ends up with permissions like -r--rwx--- ie the owning user has no write permission. Ive been unable to replicate but am told they are not new files. they seem to all be MS Office documents and the users just get access denied when they try and save the file. Not sure why this is happening but will post more info if I figure out more. Following is an extract of part of my samba config.... Ive only included the accounts share but its happening on several. [global] load printers = no security = ads workgroup = *************** server string = File Store realm = ************* password server = *********** wins server = ************** dns proxy = no log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 100 log level = 0 panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d encrypt passwords = true idmap backend = ad passdb backend = tdbsam idmap uid = 100-90000 idmap gid = 100-90000 winbind cache time = 300 winbind nss info = rfc2307 winbind enum groups = yes winbind enum users = yes winbind use default domain = yes winbind separator = / winbind nested groups = yes template homedir = /home/%U/homedir template shell = /bin/bash debug uid = yes obey pam restrictions = yes idmap alloc backend = tdb idmap alloc config:range = 90000-100000 [Accounts] comment = Accounts Stuff path = /filestore/accounts guest ok = no browseable = yes valid users = @accounts group writable = yes force create mode = 0660 force directory mode = 0770 fstype = EXT3 hide unreadable = yes dos filemode = yes acl map full control = yes