Hello , i have found a problem , that for me not explicable. I use a SUN Ultra5 with Solaris 8 and Samba 2.2.2 Shared a directory and look with a smbclient - I want to filter the file with the z in the filename. See the result and my astonish smb: \> dir . D 0 Fri Mar 22 14:07:55 2002 .. D 0 Mon Mar 25 14:48:21 2002 .profile H 582 Wed Aug 1 09:42:59 2001 .dt DH 0 Wed Mar 13 15:14:56 2002 .dtprofile AH 5111 Thu Sep 27 15:48:39 2001 .solregis DH 0 Thu Sep 27 15:49:25 2001 .Xauthority H 258 Wed Mar 13 15:00:38 2002 270494m001.prt 8 Fri Mar 22 14:07:49 2002 270495m001.prt 10 Fri Mar 22 14:07:50 2002 .TTauthority H 77 Wed Mar 13 15:00:43 2002 270902m001.prt 11 Fri Mar 22 14:07:51 2002 270903m001.prt 12 Fri Mar 22 14:07:53 2002 270923m001.prt 9 Fri Mar 22 14:07:54 2002 270000z001.prt 5 Fri Mar 22 14:07:55 2002 35259 blocks of size 262144. 4371 blocks available smb: \> dir 270*z*.prt 270494m001.prt 8 Fri Mar 22 14:07:49 2002 270495m001.prt 10 Fri Mar 22 14:07:50 2002 270902m001.prt 11 Fri Mar 22 14:07:51 2002 270903m001.prt 12 Fri Mar 22 14:07:53 2002 270923m001.prt 9 Fri Mar 22 14:07:54 2002 270000z001.prt 5 Fri Mar 22 14:07:55 2002 35259 blocks of size 262144. 4371 blocks available smb: \> dir 270*o*.prt 270494m001.prt 8 Fri Mar 22 14:07:49 2002 35259 blocks of size 262144. 4371 blocks available smb: \> dir 270*y* 270495m001.prt 10 Fri Mar 22 14:07:50 2002 35259 blocks of size 262144. 4371 blocks available Mit freundlichem Gru? / Regards Uwe Kleinemeier E-Mail uwe.kleinemeier@ncr.com