I do tar backups in a similar fashion and haven't hit problems, buuuuut... My tar backups go into a temporary loctation on the local drive, and then I copy them to the Windows server using smbclient, then delete the tar files on the local drive. It's all scripted. -- Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://andy.zibnet.us A password is like your underwear; Change it frequently, don't share it with others, and don't ask to borrow someone else's.