Hi. My samba test box (2.2.1a) has all it's print queues in the /var/spool/lpd/distributed/[printer-name] directory. Each of these directories has a couple of files: status; and lock. When viewing the print queue from a client machine the lock file is not shown, but the status file is. The status file contains a time stamp of the last print job. On an older version of samba this file is not displayed. Does anyone know how to prevent this file being displayed on the client machines? Here is my smb.conf: ============================== [global] workgroup = dis_css server string = Samba Test Server hosts allow = 131.181.124. printcap name = /etc/printcap load printers = no printing = bsd path = /var/spool/lpd/distributed guest account = pcprint log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m max log size = 50 security = share encrypt passwords = yes smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd ; socket options = TCP_NODELAY interfaces = 131.181.124.63/24 131.181.124.47/24 local master = no os level = 0 domain master = no preferred master = no wins support = no wins server = 131.181.254.115 dns proxy = yes use client driver = yes include = /usr/local/samba/lib/smb_printers_import. ; include = /usr/local/samba/lib/shares.smb.conf [public] path = /tmp public = yes only guest = no writable = yes printable = no ============================== Daniel Frencham Systems Administrator Trainee Central Systems Services, ITS, QUT d.frencham@qut.edu.au