[Samba] disallowing copying files to the shares by extension

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Mitch (WebCob) wrote:
|>hi,
|>
|>Is it possible to filter files by their extensions for samba shares? For
|>example no mp3 files can be coppied to the file server.
|>
|>thanks..
|
|
| [Mitch says:] I'm up late - so I'll give you an
| idea... there are options to hide files, and I think
| to restrict access to hidden files - not sure if they
| will prevent file creation, but they might prevent
| access once they exist, then you could just do a :
|
|  find /some/path -name "*.mp3" -exec rm {} \;

Use a veto files setting in the share and place
the above command as a postexec, and I think you're
all set.








cheers, jerry
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