Running Win2k terminal server against samba-2.0.7, we're seeing single character files being created at various times - these files appear to be "index.dat" data (e.g. ie\cookies\index.dat); Some details: Samba version: 2.0.7 OS: Solaris 2.6 Compiler: cc: WorkShop Compilers 4.2 30 Oct 1996 C 4.2 [lobster][/] # uname -a SunOS lobster.bath.ac.uk 5.6 Generic_105181-17 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-250 Win2k: "Advanced" server log.smb shows: [2000/07/27 15:57:41, 3] smbd/process.c:(448) switch message SMBnttrans (pid 5673) [2000/07/27 15:57:41, 4] smbd/uid.c:(186) Skipping become_user - already user [2000/07/27 15:57:41, 10] smbd/nttrans.c:(2600) reply_nttrans: parameter_count = 104 [2000/07/27 15:57:41, 10] lib/util.c:(2918) [000] 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 9F 01 12 00 00 00 00 00 ........ ........ [2000/07/27 15:57:41, 10] lib/util.c:(2926) [010] 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 ........ ........ [2000/07/27 15:57:41, 10] lib/util.c:(2926) [020] 40 08 00 00 5C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 32 00 00 00 @...\... ....2... [2000/07/27 15:57:41, 10] lib/util.c:(2926) [030] 02 00 00 00 03 F7 5C 00 64 00 6F 00 73 00 5C 00 ......\. d.o.s.\. [2000/07/27 15:57:41, 10] lib/util.c:(2926) [040] 69 00 65 00 5C 00 43 00 6F 00 6F 00 6B 00 69 00 i.e.\.C. o.o.k.i. [2000/07/27 15:57:41, 10] lib/util.c:(2926) [050] 65 00 73 00 5C 00 69 00 6E 00 64 00 65 00 78 00 e.s.\.i. n.d.e.x. [2000/07/27 15:57:41, 10] lib/util.c:(2926) [060] 2E 00 64 00 61 00 74 00 ..d.a.t. [2000/07/27 15:57:41, 10] smbd/nttrans.c:(2605) reply_nttrans: data_count = 92 [2000/07/27 15:57:41, 10] lib/util.c:(2918) [000] 01 00 04 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........ ........ [2000/07/27 15:57:41, 10] lib/util.c:(2926) [010] 14 00 00 00 02 00 48 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 14 00 ......H. ........ [2000/07/27 15:57:41, 10] lib/util.c:(2926) [020] 00 00 10 E0 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 ........ ........ [2000/07/27 15:57:41, 10] lib/util.c:(2926) [030] 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 10 01 02 00 00 00 00 00 05 ........ ........ [2000/07/27 15:57:41, 10] lib/util.c:(2926) [040] 20 00 00 00 20 02 00 00 00 00 14 00 00 00 00 10 ... ... ........ [2000/07/27 15:57:41, 10] lib/util.c:(2926) [050] 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 05 12 00 00 00 ........ .... [2000/07/27 15:57:41, 5] smbd/nttrans.c:(1001) call_nt_transact_create [2000/07/27 15:57:41, 10] smbd/nttrans.c:(386) map_create_disposition: Mapped create_disposition 3 to 11 [2000/07/27 15:57:41, 10] smbd/nttrans.c:(285) get_filename_transact: data_offset = 53, data_len = 1, fname_len = 50 [2000/07/27 15:57:41, 10] smbd/nttrans.c:(482) map_share_mode: Mapped desired access 12019f, share access 3, file attributes 0 to open_mode 42 [2000/07/27 15:57:41, 5] smbd/filename.c:(329) unix_convert called on file "÷\" [2000/07/27 15:57:41, 3] lib/util.c:(522) unix_clean_name [÷/] [...] Please let me know if other details are required... Martin