cvs version 1.9 ( stock rh5.1 u/all updates ) My umask is 022 -> -rw-r--r-- all samba files are -rw-rw-rw- directories drwxr-xr-x > eric, > > check that your umask on your _local_ machine isn't set to something like > 066: cvs (1.10) uses your umask to set permissions. > > luke