I'm using several NIS auto-mapped directories. When smb clients try to get access to these directories, nothing shows up. This is because these directories have not yet been mounted. Is there a way to get unmounted file systems to show up on a samba client. I can understand why they don't show up. Automounter does not mount them until someone asks for them. Unfortunately, I don't know of a way for a Windows client to force a mount like this. Is there a way to get samba to use the NIS maps when displaying the contents of a NIS auto-mapped directory structure? Thanks, Mike Langas