Problem solved! Some combination of chmod a+rw and using the umask=0 option when mounting solved it. Now I can open my checkbook records on my wife's computer. Unfortunately, now I know for a fact that I don't have enough to pay the bills ;-) -- Robert Koss, Ph.D. | Training, Mentoring, Contract Development Senior Consultant | Object Oriented Design, C++, Java www.objectmentor.com | Extreme Programming