I have asked this question before, a couple of months ago, and the only reply I got was to to update from an earlier (4.12.x) to a newer Samba version. I did that, at the time to 4.13.something, but the entries keep coming in the log. Now I am at 4.14.5 and nothing has changed. I tried to bump up logging to level in hope of identifying the problem. But that did not give any more information. [2021/06/11 10:23:33.255584,??1] ../../source3/smbd/vfs.c:1037(vfs_GetWd)??vfs_GetWd: couldn't stat "." error Permission denied (NFS problem ?) [2021/06/11 10:23:34.930718,??0] ../../source3/smbd/service.c:167(chdir_current_service) ??chdir_current_service: vfs_ChDir(/share2/Program) failed: Permission denied. Current token: uid=31653, gid=30515, 5 groups: 31653 30515 10003 10004 10006 [2021/06/11 10:31:49.582967,??1] ../../source3/smbd/vfs.c:1037(vfs_GetWd)??vfs_GetWd: couldn't stat "." error Permission denied (NFS problem ?) [2021/06/11 10:31:49.582967, 1] ../../source3/smbd/vfs.c:1037(vfs_GetWd) vfs_GetWd: couldn't stat "." error Permission denied (NFS problem ?) [2021/06/11 10:31:49.593047, 1] ../../source3/smbd/vfs.c:1037(vfs_GetWd??vfs_GetWd: couldn't stat "." error Permission denied (NFS problem ?) [2021/06/11 10:31:49.594157, 1] ../../source3/smbd/vfs.c:1037(vfs_GetWd) vfs_GetWd: couldn't stat "." error Permission denied (NFS problem ?) (100?s more as I watch) So, the users are not having any (known) problems, so this might not be a problem at all, but still - clean logs are of course to prefer. The file share that is almost exclusively used by the client is this one. [Dokument] comment = "Dokument" guest ok = No path = /share2/Dokument read only = No acl_xattr:ignore system acl = yes The root of the share is set to Domain users, read and execute this folder only Domain admins, full access this folder, subfolders and files Subfolders in Document shows this root at hp-srv03:/var/log/samba# smbcacls //hp-srv03/Dokument -U administrator Ekonomi Enter HPLTS\administrator's password: REVISION:1 CONTROL:SR|PD|SI|DI|DP OWNER:HPLTS\Administrator GROUP:HPLTS\Domain Users ACL:HPLTS\Ekonomi Full:ALLOWED/OI|CI/FULL ACL:HPLTS\Ekonomi L?s:ALLOWED/OI|CI/READ ACL:HPLTS\Domain Admins:ALLOWED/OI|CI/FULL ACL:Creator Owner:ALLOWED/OI|CI|IO/FULL root at hp-srv03:/var/log/samba# smbcacls //hp-srv03/Dokument -U administrator Produkter Enter HPLTS\administrator's password: REVISION:1 CONTROL:SR|PD|SI|DI|DP OWNER:HPLTS\Administrator GROUP:HPLTS\Domain Users ACL:HPLTS\Produkter Full:ALLOWED/OI|CI/FULL ACL:HPLTS\Produkter L?s:ALLOWED/OI|CI/READ ACL:Creator Owner:ALLOWED/OI|CI|IO/FULL ACL:HPLTS\Domain Admins:ALLOWED/OI|CI/FULL There are 10 more folders under Dokument, all with the same pattern (two specific groups with RO vs RW rights) I can?t say for sure that the Dokument share is the source of the ?problem?, but most likely due to the frequency of errors in the log file. Again, no user has indicated that they are denied access during the last week. /Anders Anders ?stling D?mmegatan 11 SE-25442 Helsingborg Sweden Phone: +46 768 716 165 Skype: anders.ostling at outlook.com