Hi, would be great if someone could help me out with this. Strange, it happens from time to time, that some files- in this case *xls- are locked read-only, although they shouldn't be locked and are not currently being accessed by any other user. smbstatus also doesn't list the file at all.. Restarting the smb processes resolves this issue. This happens once in a week or two. Samba version is: Version 3.0.23c -2 Thnx a lot for some help! Regards, Michael [global] workgroup = <our Workgroup> passwd chat = *New*Password* %n\n*Re-enter*new*password* %n\n *Password*changed* username map = /etc/samba/smbusers server string = %h server (Samba %v) wins support = yes reset on zero vc = yes dns proxy = no name resolve order = wins lmhosts host bcast os level = 98 #### Networking #### interfaces = eth0 127.0.0.0/8 lo bind interfaces only = true #### Debugging/Accounting #### log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 10000 log level = 2 syslog = 0 panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d ####### Authentication ####### security = user encrypt passwords = true passdb backend = tdbsam obey pam restrictions = yes unix password sync = Yes ########## Domains ########### domain logons = yes preferred master = auto utmp = Yes #map acl inherit = Yes hide files = /.*/desktop.ini/ oplocks = False level2 oplocks = False veto oplock files = /*.mdb/*.MDB/*.xls/*.XLS/*.doc/*.DOC/ logon path = \\%N\profiles\%U logon drive = z: logon home = \\%N\%U logon script = logon.cmd add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -m '%u' delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel -r '%u' add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd '%g' delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel '%g' add user to group script = /usr/sbin/usermod -G '%g' '%u' add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false -d /var/lib/nobody '%u' socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 domain master = auto [homes] comment = Home Directories path = /smb/home/%U browseable = no writable = yes read only = no force create mode = 0770 force directory mode = 0770 [netlogon] comment = Network Logon Service browseable = No path = /smb/netlogon guest ok = yes read only = no ; valid users = %S [profiles] comment = Users profiles path = /smb/profiles/%u guest ok = no browseable = no read only = no writeable = yes #profile acls = Yes ; valid users = %S force create mode = 0770 force directory mode = 0770 [The Share where this problem occured] comment path = /smb/datashares/xxx writeable = no write list = @office force group = <group> force create mode = 0770 force directory mode = 0770