After upgrading rc2 -> rc4 (suse binary packages) line 'valid users = %S' in [homes] section prevents user getting to his homedirectory in logfile smbd says: [2003/09/25 15:07:59, 2] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(384) user 'xxxx' (from session setup) not permitted to access this share (xxxx) Hannu