[Samba] Samba VFS recyclebin hide

Brad C bradmailinglist at gmail.com
Tue Sep 9 12:30:26 GMT 2008


Hi Guys & Girls,

Samba VFS Recyclebin is a brilliant feature but I need to figure a way to
make it non-visible to end users as often files deleted are done so
maliciously.
The VFS module defaulty places the Recyclebin directory in the of whichever
share it is active on, Ive tried a couple of ways to hide it but none
successful.
hide files veto files... ?

smb.conf below

[global]
workgroup = Companyx
netbios name = server
server string = MBB Samba Server
name resolve order = wins bcast files
log level = 3
username map = /etc/samba/users.map
security = user
load printers = no
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
local master = yes
domain master = yes
preferred master = yes
domain logons = yes
dns proxy = no
wins support = yes
time server = Yes
add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false -g users -m %u
add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd %g
add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false -g computers -c PC %u
delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel %u
delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel %g
logon path =
logon home =
logon script = %u.bat

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writable = no

[netlogon]
force user = samba
comment = Network Logon Service
path = /data/netlogon
guest ok = yes
writeable = yes
write list = administrator
share modes = no

*[public]
force user = samba
comment = Public Data
path = /data/public
writeable = yes
valid users = @users, administrator,
write list = @users, administrator,
hide dot files = yes
vfs objects = recycle
recycle:repository = .recyclebin/%U
recycle:directory_mode = 0770
recycle:keeptree = Yes
recycle:touch_mtime = Yes
recycle:versions = Yes
recycle:maxsize = 0
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