Thanks for the advice, but I figured it out. Good ole M$ apparently must write temp files as "." files. My config forced "." files to be veto'd and thus the problem. When I removed the line veto files = blah I was ok.. Now my boss is happy, and so am I. Thanks again. At 01:05 PM 1/8/01 -0700, Trent Shipley wrote: > > >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. > > >________________________________________________ >See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't >post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > >Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss Steven M. Klass Physical Design Engineering Manager Andigilog Inc. 7404 W. Detroit Street, Suite 100 Chandler, AZ 85226 Ph: 602-940-6200 ext. 18 Fax: 602-940-4255 sklass@andigilog.com http://www.andigilog.com/