[Samba] Path too deep

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dear sir,   I have samba 2.2.3a running on RedHat linux 7.2 with kernel 2.4.7-10 all other computers on the network are windows XP machines.   I do NOT have any problems when reading with windows XP from any share in the linux server, however when i try to copy a file to the share, my windowsXP explorer stops responding for about 30 secs and then gives the error-message 'could not copy file: path is too deep'.   after re-installing and reviewing samba for about ten times and experimenting with many different configurations i give up.   are there any known causes and or solutions for this problem.   please help,   best regards, Jan van den Berg       System info:   RedHat 7.2 kernel 2.4.7-10 samba 2.2.3a mainboard: ASUS TUV4X rev 1003 NIC: 3COM905C-TX-M PCI       smb.conf: [global] workgroup = LAMPSUP  netbios name = filesrv security = SHARE  encrypt passwords = Yes  null passwords = Yes  log file = /usr/local/samba/log.%m comment = Samba server  guest account = ftp   [backup] path = /home/c/backup read only = No  guest ok = Yes   [c] path = /home/c read only = No  guest ok = Yes