Open an *.doc file with M$ word from a win 2000 client, type 'smbstatus' on Server, it shows that the file is opend with a DENT-WRITE mode, and when I open the same file from another win 2000 client, I can only open it with READONLY mode, and can't delete the file too. Everything is OK. But when I open the same file from the Server itself, it can't be aware of the existing DENY_WRITE, I can write it and remove it. And how about open the same file from a NFS client? I don't know , but I think there will be the same problem. What should I do to prevent it? Thanks. Yufei Zhang ************************** E-mail:zhangyfh@legend.com **************************