SAMBA digest 1770

[Patrick van Zweden]

> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 11:07:46 -0500
> From: "Matthew Jamison" <xmj at cypress.com>
> To: <samba at samba.anu.edu.au>
> Subject: Browsing with samba
> Message-ID: <001601bdc08b$2f548fa0$cd3d54c0 at melchizedek.miss.cypress.com>
> 
> Something I want to do is make some shares only browseable for specific
> users.  I tried adding a share like this.
> 
> [goals]
>    comment = Goals files
>    Path = /export/wv01/goals
>    valid users = xmj
>    public = no
>    writable = yes
>    printable = no
> 
> 
> The share works but every one can see that the share exists when they browse
> our samba server.  When I add the line browseable = no to the share then no
> one can see the share including the valid users.  I know this can be done
> because the home directories are this way.  What am I doing wrong.  Some
> other options that you might need to know.
> 
>    encrypt passwords = yes
>    security = user
> 
> Matthew
> 
Hi,

Just add browseable = no to the share properties and nobody can see it
anymore.

cu,

patrick