In case anyone wondered what the man behind Samba looks like, see this : http://afr.com/it/2002/10/01/FFXDF43AP6D.html for details.... My favourite quote from the article : "In 50 years' time I doubt anyone would have ever heard of Samba, but they'll probably be using rsync in one way or another," Tridgell says. :-). Jeremy.