[Samba] Samba4 hide dot files equivalent

[Rowland Penny]

On 24/04/14 10:25, Denis Witt wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:47:48 +0100
> Rowland Penny <rowlandpenny at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes, you can use 'hide dot files = Yes' ;-)
> Doesn't work (Samba 4.1).
>   
>> try 'man smb.conf'
> According to
> http://samba.2283325.n4.nabble.com/Different-parameters-in-Samba-3-and-Samba-4-td2477097.html
> "man smb.conf" is wrong.
>
> Regards.
>
>
That thread is nearly 6yrs old, and according to the latest smb.conf 
manpage, 'hide dot files = yes' is actually the default.

If I add a dot file to one of my shares it does not show from a windows 
client, if I add a normal file it does show, but if I add a dot '.' to 
the front of the filename it disappears.

Rowland