another option is to include: uid="1000-100000" in every <volume> we use: <volume user="*" uid="1000-100000" server="blah" path="path" mountpoint="~/Path" fstype="cifs" options="file_mode=0750,dir_mode=0750" > and it does work around the problem. cheers, -- Niv Sardi <geek type="free" mood="proud">