> >Any ideas? Directory perms are set on /home/ShProj 777 root root. I > >really need this to work. Having been afraid to ever install my own SAMBA, I boldly offer advice. The problem may well be the permission of 777 setting the execution bit for user, group, and all. If you haven't turned off/on the right configuration options the MS machine will interpret the file as Archived/Hidden/System. An MS machine won't TOUCH a system file, by default it won't show a hidden file, and it may regard a file in need of archiving as locked. Try setting default permissions to the ominous value of 666 (or less) and see if that helps.