Folks, I'm hoping that someone out there can show me the error in my ways... When I put files to \\server\web the force user, force group, create mask, force create mode, force directory mode, and inherit permissions don't seem to have any effect: [Web] comment = Web Directory path = /export/www valid users = tom, dick, harry admin users = tim force user = www force group = www writeable = Yes create mask = 0755 force create mode = 0755 force directory mode = 0755 inherit permissions = Yes max connections = 2 case sensitive = Yes utmp = Yes 11:33am server:harry ~$touch test 11:33am server:harry ~$smbclient '\\sphinx\web' added interface ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.5 bcast=xxx.xxx.xxx.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 Password: Domain=[SERVER] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.0.7] smb: \> cd htdocs smb: \htdocs\> put test putting file test as \htdocs\test (0 kb/s) (average 0 kb/s) smb: \htdocs\> quit 11:34am server:harry ~$ls -la /export/www/htdocs/test -rwxr--r-- 1 root adm 0 Aug 28 11:34 /export/www/htdocs/test 11:34am server:harry ~$uname -a SunOS server 5.8 Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10 Any thoughts? Alan