Hello, I've been trying to get the archive bit so that the "attrib -a filename" command can change it from Win2k machines. I need to get this working as the backup-exec software uses this feature to do incremental backups. Everything else seems to be working. I have the following smb.conf file... ================================================================[global] workgroup = EOS_NT netbios name = BIGDATA server string = A Samba Server security = SERVER encrypt passwords = Yes allow trusted domains = No map to guest = Bad User password server = NTINFO username map = /usr/local/samba/lib/smbusers log level = 1 log file = /var/log/samba max log size = 50 dns proxy = No alternate permissions = Yes force create mode = 0100 hosts allow = 192.168.1. dos filemode = Yes map archive = Yes [BIGDIR] comment = Data path = /local3 read list = nobody force group = +users read only = No create mask = 0664 directory mask = 0775 guest ok = Yes [c$] comment = C for backupexec to play with path = /local3 [BIGDIR2] comment = More Data path = /local2 read list = nobody force group = +users read only = No create mask = 0664 directory mask = 0775 guest ok = Yes ================================================= I've been trying different combinations of force create mode, alternate permissions, dos filemode, and map archive, but no combination seems to work. The documentation from SWAT on alternate permissions in smb.conf is missing, and the map archive toggle doesn't save into the smb.conf file! I'm finding other messages with google about backups failing against samba shares, maybe this is the reason. Please let me know if this problem is reproducible (i.e. not my stupid mistake), and thanks in advance for any help finding a solution. John Gilbert jgilbert@eosbiotech.com