Hi, There are a few diagnostic steps you need. First, if you login to the Debian box under your wife's ID, can you access the files? If yes, its a SAMBA problem. If not, we need to look at permissions again. On the assumption that it is a SAMBA problem, here's a link that will take you through 10 steps that fix it... http://it.samba.org/samba/docs/DIAGNOSIS.html -- Patrick "sig free and joyful"" Kirk GSM: +44 7876 560 646 ICQ: 42219699