I am not using the mount command at all. I am using smbmount. smbmount //Computername/abackup /root/backup -o password=root's What is the difference? Have I didn't know you could use mount in the way that you proposed. _______________________________________________ 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