hiding dot files
Gerald Carter
cartegw at Eng.Auburn.EDU
Mon Mar 1 14:46:24 GMT 1999
Mark Kaplan wrote:
>
> I placed the line "hide dot files = yes" in both the
> global and the homes section of smb.conf yet my users can
> still see the .xdefaults and other files beginning with
> "." through windows explorer. Is there a different place
> that I need to load that parameter? I also rebooted
> the linux machine after making the change.
>
'hit dot files' default to yes and only sets the files as
hidden but still accessible. Read the entry for
'veto files' in the smb.conf man page. Should be what
you're looking for.
Cheers,
jerry
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Gerald ( Jerry ) Carter
Engineering Network Services Auburn University
jerry at eng.auburn.edu http://www.eng.auburn.edu/users/cartegw
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