[Samba] Hide unreadeable directory

[Tassel David]

> On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 02:04:58PM +0000, Tassel David wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am using samba 3.6.6
>>
>> I would like to use the option "hide unreadable = yes" but only for directories because the actual option slow down the access to directories with a large number of files and I don't need to hide these files.
>>
>> Is it possible and how can I do this ? And, will it improve directory access ?
>
> The code doesn't currently do this.
>
> You'd need to add a new option "hide unreadable directory"
> and add another clause into the code in is_visible_file() that checks 
> S_ISDIR before calling into the can_read code.
>
> It's not hard, but I need convincing this is a valuable option. Can 
> you code it up and check if it's worth it performance wise ?

I'am sorry I would like to check that but I haven't the tools and the environment to code it.

Thank you for your answer