Is this ntfs by any chance? Is it possible that while your sharing permissions are set to Full-Access or Write, the file system permissions are set to read-only for this particular user? If that's the case it sorta does explain why you're unable to set the sharing permissions properly (in a broken kind of way). > New Info: > When I mount the XP directory I notice that the bits change to turning off > write access to the mounted directory on the Linux side. I noticed that > properties for the folder on my XP machine show that the directory is > "Read-only" (in fact every directory is designated as such). I can not turn > this off. If I try to it acts as though it does it(applies without an error > message) but when you bring up the properties again it it "Read-only" again. > I am researching the meaning of this "Read-only" it does not seem to have > the same implications that it would suggest since there in the sharing tab > you can set the permissions of the share. But it still could be hindering > the transfer. _______________________________________________ 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