Clarification:(found in previous posts) >"my PC" = a winxp machine? WinXP Pro > Partitions on this winxp machine are not big enough to hold /home from the linux server. Correct? Incorrect The partitions on the Linux server are not big enough to hold a backup of /home except the /home partition. The WinXP Pro machine has plenty of room >Which side do you want to initiate the transfer from? I want the Linux machine to initiate the transfer. > If it's going to a scheduled backup, then is your xp machine constantly powered up? Yes, <humor attempt> with two sessions of notepad running at once.</humor attempt> New Info: When I mount the XP directory I notice that the bits change to turning off write access to the mounted directory on the Linux side. I noticed that properties for the folder on my XP machine show that the directory is "Read-only" (in fact every directory is designated as such). I can not turn this off. If I try to it acts as though it does it(applies without an error message) but when you bring up the properties again it it "Read-only" again. I am researching the meaning of this "Read-only" it does not seem to have the same implications that it would suggest since there in the sharing tab you can set the permissions of the share. But it still could be hindering the transfer. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list