Hello everyone. I've run in to an intermittent issue. I've had it happen to me and a few of my users. I've got a shared folder that everyone has access to. Sometime when you try and open a file it will give you and error of "The directory name is invalid." If I make a copy of the file by dragging it on the same folder I can then open the copy. Delete the original and rename the copy and it works fine. Here is my smb.conf file: [global] workgroup = MD security = ADS realm = MD.MDWAINWRIGHT.CA server role = member server server string = Files server for md.mdwainwright.ca Samba %v winbind refresh tickets = Yes vfs objects = acl_xattr map acl inherit = Yes store dos attributes = Yes # Allow a single, unified keytab to store obtained Kerberos tickets dedicated keytab file = /etc/krb5.keytab kerberos method = secrets and keytab # Do not require that login usernames include the default domain winbind use default domain = yes winbind scan trusted domains = no load printers = no printing = bsd printcap name = /dev/null disable spoolss = yes # UID/GID mapping for local users idmap config * : backend = tdb idmap config * : range = 3000-7999 # UID/GID mapping for domain users idmap config MD:backend = ad idmap config MD:schema_mode = rfc2307 idmap config MD:range = 10000-999999 idmap config MD:unix_primary_group = yes idmap config MD:unix_nss_info = yes # Template settings for users without ''unixHomeDir'' and ''loginShell'' att> template shell = /bin/bash template homedir = /mnt/Disk2/Users/%U # Allow offline/cached credentials and ticket refresh winbind offline logon = yes winbind refresh tickets = yes create mask = 0664 directory mask = 2755 force create mode = 0644 force directory mode = 2755 username map = /etc/samba/user.map [Shared] comment = User shared files path = /UserData/Shared vfs objects = shadow_copy2 acl_xattr shadow:basedir=/Userdata/Shared shadow:format = @GMT_%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S shadow:sort = desc shadow:snapdir = /UserData/.Sharedsnapshots shadow:localtime=yes public = yes read only = no printable = no -- Stephen Atkins Computer/Information Analyst Municipal District of Wainwright No. 61 Phone: (780) 842-4454 This communication is intended ONLY for the use of the person or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient name above or a person responsible for delivering messages or communications to the intended recipients, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any use, distribution or copying of this communication or any of the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and then destroy or delete this communication. Thank you for your attention and co-operation.