[Samba] Strange file permissions behavior

[MJBarber at Hearst.com]

I am quite perplexed.  
 
SuSe 9.2
Samba 3.0.14a
Windows XP SP2 client
 
May  2 16:17:07 wptzhome smbd[17103]:   sherberg opened file fixed
assets/VEHICLES/brad.xls read=Yes write=No (numopen=13) 
May  2 16:17:07 wptzhome smbd[17103]:   sherberg opened file fixed
assets/VEHICLES/brad.xls read=Yes write=No (numopen=13) 
May  2 16:17:07 wptzhome smbd[17103]:   sherberg opened file fixed
assets/VEHICLES/brad.xls read=Yes write=No (numopen=13) 
May  2 16:17:07 wptzhome smbd[17103]:   sherberg opened file fixed
assets/VEHICLES/brad.xls read=Yes write=No (numopen=13) 
May  2 16:17:07 wptzhome smbd[17103]:   sherberg opened file fixed
assets/VEHICLES/brad.xls read=Yes write=Yes (numopen=13) 
May  2 16:17:07 wptzhome smbd[17103]:   sherberg opened file fixed
assets/VEHICLES/brad.xls read=Yes write=No (numopen=14)
 
 
It seems that in the space of less than 1 second this file has been opened
6 times by the same user from the same machine and one of those times it
was Read/Write.
 
Is this how I should read this or am I missing something?
 
Thanks
Mike