There is some issue in my samba, any one can browse system users home directory. If I give \\myserver\bin <file:///\\myserver\bin> \\myserver\mail <file:///\\myserver\mail> \\myserver\root <file:///\\myserver\root> \\myserver\lp <file:///\\myserver\lp> I am able to browse this directories, I can even open all the system users home directory. For root I have created a rule, see below, after adding this rule, now no one is able able to browse \\myserver\root , this works, but there are 36 system a/c on my server. Do I have to create this kind of rule to avoid user to access this ??. or there is a single rule which can stop access of system users home directory. I have also added this system users to "invalid users" list . [root] comment = Root Directory path = %S My smb.conf # Global parameters [global] workgroup = TEST server string = Test Samba Server security = share encrypt passwords = Yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *ew*password:* %n\n *e-enter*new*password:* %n\n max log size = 5000 log level = 2 name resolve order = host socket options = TCP_NODELAY use sendfile = No max xmit = 65535 strict locking = no printcap name = lpstat -t os level = 0 oplocks = No kernel oplocks = No level2 oplocks = No preferred master = No local master = No domain master = No dns proxy = No comment = Samba %v guest account = guest printing = bsd print command = /usr/samba/bin/sambalp %p %s %U %m invalid users = root bin daemon adm sync shutdown halt mail news uucp operator gopher smb passwd file /usr/samba/dmf/journals/.samba/CAENFS/private/smbpasswd log file = /usr/samba/dmf/journals/.samba/CAENFS/log/log.%m netbios name = nu-dev0 include=/usr/samba/lib/smb.conf.%L cat /usr/samba/lib/smb.conf.CAENFS [homes] comment = Home Directories read only = No max connections = 5 browseable = No [root] comment = Root Directory path = %S Thanks Gurjit Dhillon