I support a number of small systems that run my Foxpro (DBF Files) Application (Program and Data on the Server). These system are primarily OpenSuSE 10.3 and the only have two purposes in life... First, they are a Samba Server Second, Backup and Restore. That's it. The Server is behind a Router. All Clients are WXPP SP2/3 With that in mind I'd like to optimize the smb.conf and per the "Book" keep it simple... Here is what I'm using now. Any suggestions, or "Why the hell are you doing that..." will be appreciated... [global] workgroup = mbd printing = cups printcap name = cups printcap cache time = 750 cups options = raw map to guest = Never include = /etc/samba/dhcp.conf logon path = \\%L\profiles\.msprofile logon home = \\%L\%U\.9xprofile logon drive = P: security = user encrypt passwords = yes ldap suffix = dc=example,dc=com domain logons = no ldap idmap suffix = ou=Idmap ldap machine suffix = ou=Computers local master = yes oplocks = yes level2 oplocks = no passdb backend = smbpasswd preferred master = auto so_sndbuf = 14596 so_rcvbuf = 14596 wins support = yes netbios name = mbdserver Home Directories, User and Groups are not used: This is a typical share: Security is not an issue and anybody in the group should have full rights. [mbd] comment = Management by Design path = /home/mbd force create mode = 0770 force directory mode = 0770 writeable = yes browseable = yes guest ok = no printable = no inherit acls = Yes read only = No Performance Technology Systems Design "Never Promise more than you can deliver... Always Deliver more than you promise.."