On Thu, 2009-11-26 at 20:22 +0000, James Bensley wrote: > I think the file locking only causes a problem with windows clients > because of certain files types such as Access databases (.mdb) wanting > to lock the file so that other users don't open the same database and > corrupt data, for example. ---- it's advisable to disable oplocks for those files...problem solved http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/locking.html#id2616906 Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.