Hey, turn off the rich text! -----Original Message----- From: Chris Midkiff [mailto:chris@datacaptech.com] We have an application that uses an Access .mdb file for it's data source, stored on our server. The first user that opens the program creates the lock file (.ldb), with user=rw group=r other=r rights. The next person that attempts to open the program can't, because they do not have write rights to the lock file. ----------------- The problem here is user training. The users must always open the database in shared mode, then the .ldb won't be a problem.