I'm connecting to 1.9.18p8 on Linux 2.0.33 from an NT 4.0 workstation. I connect to the share with username phl and unencrypted passwords. In smb.conf, "force group=httpd" for the share called "sites." Smbstatus correctly reports: [root@www /sites]# smbstatus Samba version 1.9.18p8 Service uid gid pid machine ---------------------------------------------- sites phl httpd 7422 sarakitty (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) Wed Jun 24 11:38:15 1998 However when I create a file from NT, I get this: [root@www /sites]# ls -l total 360 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root httpd 0 Jun 24 11:38 New Text Document.txt That is, the user is always root, not phl. This also happens even if I use "force user = phl" for this share. There are no other "force user" entries in smb.conf. The directory itself is /home/httpd/sites. sites is owned by phl.httpd as are all its subdirectories and its parent, /home/httpd. /home is owned by root.root. Any ideas? Peter ----- Peter H. Lemieux, President CYWAYS, Incorporated 21 Westchester Road, Newton, Massachusetts 02158 USA Voice: (800) 5-CYWAYS (+1 617 796 8995) Fax: (617) 796-8997 Web: http://www.cyways.com