Randy Kahle wrote (quotingInSync) | When InSync copies a file to a target directory it explicitly sets | the last modified time stamp of the target file to be the same as | that of the source file. Due to implementation differences between | various Microsoft OSs we allow up to 2 seconds of difference between | last modified timestamps before we consider them different and | initiate a copy. This is because some of these OSs only maintain the | stamp with 2 second accuracy. We do not know Samba implementation | details but the timestamps in the logs you provided differ by up to | 4.5 seconds. This is enough to trigger a copy. | Has anyone else run into this problem? What is the solution? Yes, you probably want "dos filetime resolution" set, which should set it to exactly 2 seconds. See http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/chapter/book/ch08_01.html for a discussion about using it to fool MS C++ into not rebuilding everything mindlessly... --dave -- David Collier-Brown, | Always do right. This will gratify some people 185 Ellerslie Ave., | and astonish the rest. -- Mark Twain Willowdale, Ontario | //www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/author.html Work: (905) 415-2849 Home: (416) 223-8968 Email: davecb@canada.sun.com