I'm trying to set up a share so that people can copy files out of each other's directories. I went to set the option "alternate permissions = yes" and the testparm results say that The "alternate permissions" option is deprecated Is there better option to consider using? TIA! Donovan -- Donovan R. Palmer, Operations Manager m/v Africa Mercy - Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. Tel: +44 (870) 3211586 Fax: +44 (870) 1332611 Mob: +44 (7887) 567582