What I meant was literally the command "mount", eg --- ok...i see...hihi....here it is oedha@The-ELF:/media$ sudo mount -a Password: oedha@The-ELF:/media$ mount /dev/sda3 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) /sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755) varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777) udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755) devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw) /dev/sda1 on /media/sda1 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096) /dev/sda2 on /media/sda2 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096) securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw) //192.168.1.100/shared on /media/x type cifs (rw,mand) oedha@The-ELF:/media$ Okay, so it's mounting it in such a way now that root has ownership of everything and the associated group is users.  This is good.  Can you please try writing to the share as root, eg:     sudo touch /media/x/testfile --- yes...it appears on x but .....ro mode :) :( If testfile appears on /media/x/ then we know it's just a local permission issue which we can alter with the fstab.  You then just need to change the mount options so that the users group has rwx on all files too.  Add the option     fmask=0775,dmask=0775 the output was : oedha@The-ELF:/media$ sudo mount -a WARNING: CIFS mount option 'fmask' is deprecated. Use 'file_mode' instead. WARNING: CIFS mount option 'dmask' is deprecated. Use 'dir_mode' instead. Password: oedha@The-ELF:/media$ ls -l x -- and i changed to file_mode and dir_mode like below : //192.168.1.100/shared /media/x cifs rw,uid=root,gid=users,file_mode=0775,dir_mode=0775 0 0 and still the same = ro mode You're right you do need the smbfs package installed, in order that the smbmount command is available.  All of these options are available by looking at its manpage:     man smbmount -- i have read this man before.....and tried the options out......but still...like usual...ro mode i wonder : is it related to the size ? since this x is up to 100Gb and my HD is only 60GB ( since linux made everything as file ), i also tried to point to the smallest folder.......it's the same result = ro mode thanks gavin........for being patient regards; ~E~ <div class="AOLPromoFooter"> <hr style="margin-top:10px;" /> More new features than ever. Check out the new <a href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aimcmp00050000000001" target="_blank">AIM(R) Mail</a>! </div>