Hi > ? Where should I be when I un'tar' samba-1.9.18p10.tar ? > > What are the command line options for un'tar'ing samba...tar? > -xvvf ? You should be at /usr/local/src (prefered , at least with Debian/GNU Linux) or /usr/src. The command is tar -xf <*.tar> and tar -xzf <*.tar.gz> or <*.tgz> Greetings, Florian