My client is win2k sp2. I think the sp may be significant. When I try to copy files larger than a few k to the samba server, windoze exploder hangs for a minute or so, then returns with a 'path too deep' error. Most of the file seems to have been copied. I can copy from the samba server ok, altho it seems slow. I've noticed a few other people have experienced this. Here's my config: [global] workgroup = LAPUTA hosts allow = 10.10.1. hosts deny = ALL EXCEPT 10.10.1. security = user encrypt passwords = yes smb passwd file = /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 dns proxy = no [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no writable = yes guest ok = no While testing this more (passing in text file to see whether the file is corrupted in transit), I just noticed another error message: 'The specified network name is no longer available'. The copied file was indeed corrupted (full of nulls), but exactly the same size as the original. --craig