ok, i've been upgrading not just the clients kernel, also the kernel from my samba-server. since all machines are running on 2.6.6-1.435, mounting a cifs-filesystem works. also, neither nautilus nor the shell are now blocking when doing ls on the first mounted share, when using mount -t cifs instead of smbfs! smbfs still locks both! so, i recommend using cifs instead of smbfs. Join the discussion for any difference. -- Roger Grosswiler ------------------------ mailto:roger@xxxxxxxx http://www.gwch.net mobile:+41 79 285 61 53