[Samba] filtering user files

[Kevin B]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lonnie Cumberland" <lonnie at outstep.com>
To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 7:42 PM
Subject: [Samba] filtering user files


> Hello all,
>
> I think that this is probably an easy question so I hope that I will be 
> able to get a quick response.
>
> In our users directories, there are a number of "dot" files and folders 
> and I was wondering if there was a way to tell Samba not to show them when 
> a user is in their directory?  Maybe some sort of file filter perhaps.
>
> thanks
> Lonnie


Hello

Check the man page for xmb.conf. There is a directive 'hide dot files'.
I was testing this last week on 3.0.14 and I still saw hidden dot files from
the client [XP Pro] which had 
folder_options>views>do_not_show_hidden_files/folders
 enabled.
Check it out and let me know how you do.

Kevin B