Do you, by chance run a virus scanner and Win2000 or WinXP?
Windows 2000 and XP have a tendency to examine files in a directory when you open an Explorer window. This triggers the virus scanner, which, in turn, opens the file and keeps it locked until it has finished scanning the file. I have no experience with Linux virus scanners (I still scan on user-side only), but the same problem could apply on the Linux side. I hope this helps. Greetz, kit -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba