I have made a start on this - see: ftp://ftp.brunel.ac.uk/cc/peter/samba/ and in there: samba-log.pl and samba-syslog.pl Also my samba-snap utilities to summarise smbstatus info. -- Peter Polkinghorne, IT Manager Kingsford Stacey Blackwell ppolkinghorne at kingsfords.co.uk 14 Old Square, Lincoln's Inn (44) 020 7447 1200 London WC2A 3UB