Okay, I answered my own question ... Lynn> $ mount /mnt/work Lynn> Password: Lynn> cannot mount on /mnt/work: Operation not permitted Lynn> smbmnt failed: 1 The problem was that I needed to own the mount point $ su # chown lnewton. /mnt/work Ctrl-D $ mount /mnt/work did the trick. That's a gotcha for my notes file. -- Lynn David Newton Phoenix, AZ