This is a note that may help someone else in the future. So I am posting my experience. CONFIGURATION>Auspex file server, Ultra2<Sol 2.5.1> Samba 2.0.2 server, Client Win NT 4.0 SP3 PROBLEM>When copying a large file, the client machine gives the error "Permission Denied" and the copy fails after having already written part of the file. It turned out that the log level was set way to high and I guess it caused the smbd process to choke. The log leve used was 5. I backed it down to 3 and I was able to complete the copy of a 380M file without further problems. I was able to replicate the problem by setting the log level back to 5 and the copy died on right on queue. Thanks go out to everyone who contacted me reguarding this. Thanks, Kirk -- Kirk Patton System Administrator CA Microprocessor Division Advanced Micro Devices Phone (408) 774-7883 Pgr. (408) 870-5461 Fax (408)774-7606