Hi , Before I copy and paste the oplock message(s), here is the setup I have. I have samba server (on Solaris 2.8) which shares out the NFS mounted directories to the windows world. All was working fine till today morning when users complained of extreme slow performance , looks like there is problems with oplocks accessing some files. Below is the snippet to the error log. [2003/03/24 10:26:59, 0] smbd/oplock.c:oplock_break(796) oplock_break: receive_smb timed out after 30 seconds. oplock_break failed for file alt-a/fnma_delivery/April Securitization/Timeline.xls (dev = 3a8103f, inode = 133837, file_id = 159). [2003/03/24 10:26:59, 0] smbd/oplock.c:oplock_break(868) oplock_break: client failure in oplock break in file alt-a/fnma_delivery/April Securitization/Timeline.xls Any ideas to overcome the above problems?? any known issue or patch suggestions. I appreciate all inputs. Thanks in advance. Mahesh ----- This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please delete it and all copies from your system, destroy any hard copies and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. Nomura Holding America Inc., Nomura Securities International, Inc, and their respective subsidiaries each reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state the views of such entity. Unless otherwise stated, any pricing information in this message is indicative only, is subject to change and does not constitute an offer to deal at any price quoted. Any reference to the terms of executed transactions should be treated as preliminary only and subject to our formal written confirmation.