[Samba] question on dot files

[Thomas M. Skeren III]

Perhaps you have in XP hidden files and folders exposed.

Claude Jones wrote:

> I hope this is an appropriate forum for Samba questions from new 
> users. I have successfully configured Samba on my network which 
> consists of a Fedora 2 box and three Windows machines. However, I 
> can't seem to turn off the dot files. When I browse to the shared 
> folder from a one of the Windows machines, which is my personal folder 
> in /home, I can see all the './' and '.' files. In SWAT under the 
> 'filename handling' section 'hide dot files' is set to 'yes'. Can 
> someone tell me what I'm overlooking?