Hi guys I have a small problem I hope someone can help me with. I have a smaba server that I back up through a 98 workstation. The backup software works with the DOS archive bit of the file. Unfortunately if my login did not create the file I cannot alter the status of the archive bit (I receive and error). Attached below is one of the shares on the samba box (the only difference between the shares are which users can access it and the paths) does any one know what I have got wrong. Please note that all lines after and including 'map archive' have been rem'ed out at the moment as another problem I have is as soon as I clear the archive bit on files I have created and apply, the bit is set again. [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no writable = yes create mask = 2777 map archive = yes force create mode = 2777 force directory mode = 2777 inherit permissions = yes Many thanks for any advice Ash Ridley