Hi, I'm having a strange problem where users get permission denied on folder in public shares. On the windows xp machine you can see the folder when browsing the smb share except that it has no attribute information. If I double click on the folder it says Access is Denied. On the samba server "process1" I can list the directory and also the contents of the folder and it appears that the files system is working correctly. [asx at process1 ad_build]$ ls -la drwxrwxrwx 3 asx asx 4096 Feb 11 09:19 2953730af drwxrwxrwx 2 asx asx 4096 Feb 11 09:43 2967365ala drwxrwxrwx 3 asx asx 4096 Feb 11 09:20 2971033ac I have mounted the share on a different server and can see the corrupt permissions there also. If I try and do anything from console to this folder I get a file/folder not found error. [root at web02 ad_build]# ls -la drwxrwxrwx 3 asx asx 0 Feb 11 09:19 2953730af ?--------- ? ? ? ? ? 2967365ala drwxrwxrwx 3 asx asx 0 Feb 11 09:20 2971033ac I have tried moving the folder from one name to another via console on the "process1" server and the folder get's the same problem but shows a new name. We are running centos 5.1 x64 v 2.6.18-53.1.21.el5 on the process1 server and version 3.0.32-SerNet-RedHat of samba. The ad_build folder is the share root and it's used as part of a workflow where perl scripts are regularly adding and removing folders from this location. We've had this problem now for quite some time and never been able to get to the bottom of it. Any suggestions on where I can look for answers would be appreciated. Thanks Steve Testparam output: Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions [global] workgroup = APNAU netbios name = ASXPLUSIO server string = ASXIO interfaces = 192.168.214.62/24 security = SHARE guest account = asx printcap name = /etc/printcap kernel oplocks = No ldap ssl = no notify:inotify = false force create mode = 0666 force directory mode = 0777 kernel change notify = No hide files = /.profile/ [data1] comment = Asxplus Data1 path = /data1 read only = No guest ok = Yes [ad_build] comment = Ad Building path = /data3/workingdirs/ad_build read only = No guest ok = Yes hosts allow = 192.168.211.0/255.255.255.0, 192.168.212.0/255.255.255.0, 192.168.213.0/255.255.255.0, 192.168.214.0/255.255.255.0, 192.168.215.0/255.255.255.0, 192.168.182.0/255.255.255.0, 192.168.97.0/255.255.255.0 Notice This email and any attachments are strictly confidential and subject to copyright. They may contain privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. You should not read, copy, use, change, alter or disclose this email or its attachments without authorisation. The company and any related or associated companies do not accept any liability in connection with this email and any attachments including in connection with computer viruses, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised access or unauthorised amendment. Any views expressed in this email and any attachments do not necessarily reflect the views of the company or the views of any of our related or associated companies.