Browseable=no doesn't work properly?

[Dominik Fritz]

Hi Gergory

If you want yout share to behave like a NT hidden share why don't you
put a dollar sign at the end of then name.


Dominik

Gregory Leblanc schrieb:
> 
> I was toying around with making a share non-browseable on my samba CD-ROM
> tower, and I came across something that doesn't work quite the way that I
> expected it to.  My thought was that making a share "browseable = no" would
> make it act the same as an NT share with a dollar sign ($) at the end.  When
> I go to the run menu, and type in \\NTservername\hiddenshare$, it opens up
> and I can go from there, using explorer to navigate directories.  When I try
> to run \\sambaserver\hiddenshare it gives me an error that the network name
> cannot be found.  If I run or browse to the samba server through network
> neighborhood, and then type in the \\sambaserver\hiddenshare in the address
> bar (using IE4 with integration on NTwks4 sp4) it opens the share.  However,
> I still can't get into subdirectories from there.  Now I can see where this
> MIGHT be desired behavior for browseable = no, but this isn't want I want.
> Is there some way to get that share to act like an NT hidden share, or do I
> have something misconfigured?  The general and share specific sections of my
> smb.conf are below.  Thanks!
>         Greg
> 
> Gregory Leblanc                       A+ Certified Technician
> Concordia University              http://www.cu-portland.edu
> Network Support Specialist    gleblanc at cu-portland.edu
> 
> ;*******************section global*****************
> [global]
> workgroup = ntdom
> comment = CD-ROM tower
> strict locking = no
> share modes = yes
> password server = PDC BDC1 BDC2
> local master = no
> security = DOMAIN
> encrypt passwords = yes
> wins support = no
> os level = 0
> domain master = no
> prefered master = no
> preserve case = yes
> netbios name = blofeld
> case sensitive = no
> printing = bsd
> printcap name = /etc/printcap
> load printers = False
> print command = /usr/bin/lpr -r -P %p %s
> create mode = 0755
> add user script = /usr/sbin/adduser -d /home/samba -g samba %u
> 
> ;*****************section NTRESKIT*********************
> [NTRESKIT]
> comment = Windows NT Resource Kit
> path = /samba/ntreskit
> guest ok = no
> writeable = no
> browseable = no