Below is an extract out of my smb.conf file. [data] hosts allow = 192.168.5.0/255.255.255.0 hosts deny = 192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0 path = /home/data-staff/ writable = yes guest ok = no browseable = yes comment = admin files create mask = 0775 directory mask = 0775 inherit permissions = yes vfs object = recycle recycle:repository=xxx-Recycle-Bin-xxx/%U recycle:versions=True recycle:keeptree=False When a user deletes a file then it gives the following in this share: drwx------ 3 jcbotha astaff 4096 May 31 10:11 xxx-Recycle-Bin-xxx What shall I do to set the atrebutes to 0777. Other users cannot access it! Thanks JC