On 3.0.2 and 3.0.3pre1 (AIX 5.2), we are having an issue here short names are not consistently lower-cased with winXP/SP1 client authed as the listed admin user or any other valid user. Samba compiled with -D_ALL_SOURCE and -D_LINUX_SOURCE_COMPAT. Later in the show just -D_ALL_SOURCE. stanza is as follows... [x04shr] browseable = no comment = Summer 2004 DEVELOPMENT Share path = /x04shr writeable = yes guest ok = no admin users = testxp valid users = testxp robotest webberob test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 test6 tes t7 test8 test9 oplocks = no level2 oplocks = no short preserve case = no # preserve case = yes # default case = lower # mangled names = no Log level 4 shows this successful trans: [2004/03/24 15:51:52, 3] smbd/reply.c:reply_mv(3723) reply_mv : \New Folder -> \CACA [2004/03/24 15:51:52, 3] lib/util.c:unix_clean_name(580) unix_clean_name [/New Folder] [2004/03/24 15:51:52, 3] lib/util.c:unix_clean_name(580) unix_clean_name [/CACA] [2004/03/24 15:51:52, 3] smbd/reply.c:rename_internals(3515) rename_internals: case_sensitive = 0, case_preserve = 1, short case preserve = 0, directory = ./New Folder, newname = ./caca, newname_last_component = caca, is_8_3 = 0 [2004/03/24 15:51:52, 3] smbd/reply.c:rename_internals(3609) rename_internals: succeeded doing rename on ./New Folder -> ./caca and this failed....one directory below the successfule one. [2004/03/24 15:55:33, 3] smbd/reply.c:reply_mv(3723) reply_mv : \xpapps\New Folder -> \xpapps\CACA [2004/03/24 15:55:33, 3] lib/util.c:unix_clean_name(580) unix_clean_name [/xpapps/New Folder] [2004/03/24 15:55:33, 3] lib/util.c:unix_clean_name(580) unix_clean_name [/xpapps/CACA] [2004/03/24 15:55:33, 3] smbd/reply.c:rename_internals(3515) rename_internals: case_sensitive = 0, case_preserve = 1, short case preserve = 0, directory = xpapps/New Folder, newname = xpapps/CACA, newname_last_component = CACA, is_8_3 = 0 recompiled with -D_ALL_SOURCE only. success... [2004/03/24 16:17:12, 3] smbd/reply.c:reply_mv(3723) reply_mv : \New Folder -> \CACA [2004/03/24 16:17:12, 3] lib/util.c:unix_clean_name(580) unix_clean_name [/New Folder] [2004/03/24 16:17:12, 3] lib/util.c:unix_clean_name(580) unix_clean_name [/CACA] [2004/03/24 16:17:12, 3] smbd/reply.c:rename_internals(3515) rename_internals: case_sensitive = 0, case_preserve = 1, short case preserve = 0, directory = ./New Folder, newname = ./caca, newname_last_component = caca, is_8_3 = 0 [2004/03/24 16:17:12, 3] smbd/reply.c:rename_internals(3609) rename_internals: succeeded doing rename on ./New Folder -> ./caca not so successful... [2004/03/24 16:19:08, 3] smbd/reply.c:reply_mv(3723) reply_mv : \xpapps\New Folder -> \xpapps\CACA [2004/03/24 16:19:08, 3] lib/util.c:unix_clean_name(580) unix_clean_name [/xpapps/New Folder] [2004/03/24 16:19:08, 3] lib/util.c:unix_clean_name(580) unix_clean_name [/xpapps/CACA] [2004/03/24 16:19:08, 3] smbd/reply.c:rename_internals(3515) rename_internals: case_sensitive = 0, case_preserve = 1, short case preserve = 0, directory = xpapps/New Folder, newname = xpapps/CACA, newname_last_component = CACA, is_8_3 = 0 [2004/03/24 16:19:08, 3] smbd/reply.c:rename_internals(3609) rename_internals: succeeded doing rename on xpapps/New Folder -> xpapps/CACA Can I provide any more info? Regards, Bill