I try again. I hope to find more person in office. Please can you help me? Thanks a lot Stefano -----Messaggio originale----- Da: Stefano Del Negro [mailto:s.delnegro@procaffe.it] Inviato: gioved? 31 luglio 2003 12.05 A: samba@lists.samba.org Oggetto: smbtar dear smb's experts, I have a trouble with smbtar. I'll try to explain it simply. (I read SAMBA docs and looked for informations on the web, but i didn't found the answer...) I have a IBM X220 + RedHat 7.2. One of the activity assigned to this server is to backup users' directory with smbtar. The problem I have is with PC that run WIN2000 (NTFS). The version of samba is: smbd -V output: "Version 2.2.1a" nmbd -V output: "Version 2.2.1a" When i run smbtar on PC with WIN2000-NTFS, if users have directory or files with special characters, like caff? , colibr? etc., I see the following error (data are not saved): smbtar -s pc-stefano -x procaffe -u user -p password -t /home/profiles/m.levis/prova.tar -v server is pc-stefano share is procaffe\\ tar args is tape is /home/profiles/m.levis/prova.tar blocksize is added interface ip=192.168.1.135 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 tarmode is now full, system, hidden, noreset, verbose Got a positive name query response from 192.168.1.123 ( 192.168.1.123 ) Domain=[EDP] OS=[Windows 5.0] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager] 51200 ( 684.9 kb/s) \attivita_edp.doc ERRDOS - ERRbadfile (File not found.) opening remote file \Conti ricav?.doc (\) tar: dumped 1 files and directories Total bytes written: 51712 with other clients using WIN95/98 I have no problems. Thanks for your help Stefano