5 people? Forget all this MAC nonsense, just write a script that tries to connect to the SMB name twice a day (mid morn and mid afternoon) and then mounts and backs up if it can. If it succeeds in the AM, skip the PM one for a given PC. If they can actually be trusted/convinced to do it, you can give them homedirs and use WinSCP to keep their user data synced. ~Ben --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss