> is there a reason for this ? > and: is there a patch for 2.4.20 (i only found an old patch for 2.4.16) The smbfs maintainer's page is at: http://www.hojdpunkten.ac.se/054/samba/ 2.4.18 patch applies fine to 2.4.20. Be sure to also apply the patch to the samba sources and recompile smbmount. The 2.2.3a patch applies to 2.2.7a okay.