Adding "uid=500,gid=500" (replacing 500 with your desired user and group ids) in the '-o' mount optins _should_ (I think) get around permissions problems, but you should be able to do things (like write to the fs) as root now anyway. Hmm... Does your mount command look like this: mount -t smbfs -o rw,username=xpuser,password=xppassword,workgroup=xpworkgroup //xpmachine/sharename /mnt/xpmountpoint (all on one line)? >>> dcoats at heritagemail.org 04/15/03 12:47PM >>> I do believe you have to be root to get around the permissions problem or at least it is the only way I have gotten it half way work. I still cannot write to the shared directory. I have been informed that this is probably because root is not a Samba user. I do not believe I want root to be a Samba user for the security headaches it could cause. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list