I am trying to get the homes directory working. [homes] path = /u01/homes/%S user = %S read only = no browseable = No writeable = yes guest ok = no If I create the directory then this seems to work fine. i.e. mkdir /u01/homes/user1 chown user1 /u01/homes/user1 However if I try to access it with a user that I didnt create a dir by hand it tells me its not accessable i.e. \\sambaserver\user2 Is there a way to have samba create this directory on its own so that I don't have to create all the directories myself. Thanks!