byte locking issues in samba have never really been resolved. Byte locking (or record locking) are important for desktop database products such as paradox or other products based on the BDE (Borland Database Engine). The BDE does things like locking a range of bytes which lie beyond the end of the physical file, which I think is not supported by Samba. Is this true? Or have others successfully deployed multi-user paradox or other BDE products connecting to a samba file server? Any help or info much appreciated Thanks Chandran -- ************************************************** Chandran Amarasingham Christian Blind Mission International PO Box 5 1245 Burke Road, Kew, VIC 3101, Australia Ph: 61 3 98176192 Fax: 61 3 98176193 Web Site: www.cbmi.org.au **************************************************