I thought maybe it was something wacky since that drive was a mounted windows file system. I decided to make a /home/test directory and pointed samba to that for the share. Still is giving me the access denied errors on writing/changing -- but I can read from there just fine. Bradley Miller, Programmer/webmaster AccessZone Design - www.accesszonedesign.com Blue Springs, Missouri office Phone: 816-228-3814 Fax: 775-254-6162 <-- NEW!! Toll-free: 888-872-4420 ICQ: 48555780