Hi, I have had serious problems while using samba share when I was trying to dump my server backup( image based backups from Symantec Backup Exec & System Recovery software) on to samba share mounted on a Linux software raid array 1. The backup fails half way with windows error of Delayed write failed. I have tried this on other windows box, the same is the problem. The samba version is 3.5.4. ---------------------------------------contents of smb.conf............................... [global] workgroup = TUX-NET smb ports=139 interfaces = 192.168.10.20 eth0 bind interfaces only = true printing = cups printcap name = cups load printers = yes [aphbackup] comment = aph backup path = /aphbackup browseable = yes writable = yes valid user = wgbackup ~ ........................................................................................ log contents ........................................................................................... Aug 2 15:09:49 APHSTORAGESVR smbd[29235]: [2010/08/02 15:09:49.672643, 0] lib/util_sock.c:474(read_fd_with_timeout) Aug 2 15:09:49 APHSTORAGESVR smbd[29235]: [2010/08/02 15:09:49.684336, 0] lib/util_sock.c:1432(get_peer_addr_internal) Aug 2 15:09:49 APHSTORAGESVR smbd[29235]: getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected Aug 2 15:09:49 APHSTORAGESVR smbd[29235]: read_fd_with_timeout: client 0.0.0.0 read error = Connection reset by peer. Would higly appreicate your prompt response. Regards, Krishna kumar Dubai