[Samba] Hidden folder

Rowland Penny rpenny at samba.org
Mon Oct 24 14:40:53 UTC 2016


On Mon, 24 Oct 2016 16:21:49 +0200
Sampei via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Can I keep invisible  folder to windows clients without renaming it
> by suffix '.' in front of file with samba 4?
> 

That wouldn't work anyway, your windows clients would only only
see '.sharename' . Using a dot in front of a file or directory name is
a Unix thing.

You could add '$' at the end of the share name and/or add 'browseable =
no' to the share.

Rowland



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