Hello, I have installed Samba version 2.2.8.1. This is my smb.conf file: # Samba config file created using SWAT # from 172.17.7.31 (172.17.7.31) # Date: 2003/07/29 17:26:25 # Global parameters [global] workgroup = TCNO netbios name = ELEPHANT netbios aliases = elephant server string = SAMBA server security = DOMAIN encrypt passwords = Yes password server = * admin log = Yes log level = 3 log file = /var/adm/samba.log deadtime = 15 max smbd processes = 200 os level = 0 preferred master = No local master = No domain master = No wins server = il-hr-dc4 kernel oplocks = No remote announce = 172.17.1.255 create mask = 0774 security mask = 0774 directory mask = 0774 directory security mask = 0774 hide dot files = No locking = No oplocks = No level2 oplocks = No posix locking = No share modes = No dos filemode = Yes [robcad_test] path = /robcad_test read only = No The file was created on the unix side with the following permissions: -rwxrw-r-- 1 shiri ics 0 Jul 29 17:26 /robcad_test/arc/dxvxcfbvxcb* The file was created on the NT side with the following permissions: Type name permission Allow Shiri Ayzik, (Elephant\shiri) Full Control Allow ics (Elephant\ics) Special Allow Everyone read These are the error messages i recieve when i try to create file (dxvxcfbvxcb) using fopen function... [2003/07/29 17:26:52, 3] smbd/process.c:(685) switch message SMBreadX (pid 61982) [2003/07/29 17:26:52, 3] smbd/reply.c:(2578) send_file_readX fnum=9341 max=4096 nread=4096 [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] smbd/process.c:(846) Transaction 179 of length 95 [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] smbd/process.c:(685) switch message SMBtrans2 (pid 61982) [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] smbd/trans2.c:(1700) call_trans2qfilepathinfo: TRANSACT2_QPATHINFO: level = 1004 [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] lib/util.c:(387) unix_clean_name [/arc/dxvxcfbvxcb] [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] lib/util.c:(387) unix_clean_name [arc/dxvxcfbvxcb] [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] smbd/trans2.c:(1721) call_trans2qfilepathinfo: vfs_stat of arc/dxvxcfbvxcb failed (No such file or directory) [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] smbd/error.c:(94) error string = No such file or directory [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] smbd/error.c:(109) error packet at smbd/trans2.c(1723) cmd=50 (SMBtrans2) NT_STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] smbd/process.c:(846) Transaction 180 of length 104 [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] smbd/process.c:(685) switch message SMBntcreateX (pid 61982) [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] lib/util.c:(387) unix_clean_name [/arc/dxvxcfbvxcb] [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] smbd/dosmode.c:(111) unix_mode(arc/dxvxcfbvxcb) returning 0764 [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] lib/util.c:(387) unix_clean_name [arc/dxvxcfbvxcb] [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] smbd/open.c:(175) Error opening file arc/dxvxcfbvxcb. (No such file or directory) (local_flags=0) (flags=0) [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] smbd/error.c:(94) error string = No such file or directory [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] smbd/error.c:(109) error packet at smbd/nttrans.c(889) cmd=162 (SMBntcreateX) NT_STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] smbd/process.c:(846) Transaction 181 of length 368 [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] smbd/process.c:(685) switch message SMBnttrans (pid 61982) [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] lib/util.c:(387) unix_clean_name [/arc/dxvxcfbvxcb] [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] smbd/dosmode.c:(111) unix_mode(arc/dxvxcfbvxcb) returning 0764 [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] lib/util.c:(387) unix_clean_name [arc/dxvxcfbvxcb] [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 2] smbd/open.c:(243) shiri opened file arc/dxvxcfbvxcb read=No write=Yes (numopen=3) [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] smbd/posix_acls.c:(478) unpack_nt_owners: unable to validate owner sid for S-1-5-21-1146491468-1923226207-1306142861-1412 [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 2] smbd/close.c:(227) shiri closed file arc/dxvxcfbvxcb (numopen=2) [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] smbd/error.c:(94) error string = No such file or directory [2003/07/29 17:26:53, 3] smbd/error.c:(109) error packet at smbd/nttrans.c(1426) cmd=160 (SMBnttrans) NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED [2003/07/29 17:26:55, 3] smbd/process.c:(846) Transaction 182 of length 45 [2003/07/29 17:26:55, 3] smbd/process.c:(685) switch message SMBclose (pid 61982) [2003/07/29 17:26:55, 3] smbd/reply.c:(3187) close fd=22 fnum=9341 (numopen=2) [2003/07/29 17:26:55, 2] smbd/close.c:(227) shiri closed file cre_file.exe (numopen=1) Best Regards, Ayelet Regev Unix sys admin email: ayelet_r@integrity-sys.com