samba - Jul 2000 - veto dot files?

How can I *veto* dot files? 

The naive approach of using

  /.*/

fails in so far as no file at all appears on the NT side :-) Hiding isn't
enough for me, as I do want to see all hidden files on the NT side of
things - I just don't want to see the Linux dot files on the NT side.

This is Samba 2.0.6 (RH6.2) with the below configuration.

TIA,
Stefan
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# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1)
# Date: 2000/07/04 20:23:40

# Global parameters
[global]
	netbios name = STEFAN-Z600
	server string = Samba Server
	encrypt passwords = Yes
	log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
	max log size = 50
	socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
	local master = No
	dns proxy = No

[homes]
	comment = Home Directories
	read only = No
	veto files = /.*/*.tmp/
	browseable = No

[printers]
	comment = All Printers
	path = /var/spool/samba
	print ok = Yes
	browseable = No

[test]
	comment = Linux data
	path = /export/data
	read only = No
	guest ok = Yes

On Wed, 5 Jul 2000 04:35:48 +1000, you wrote:
>How can I *veto* dot files? 
>The naive approach of using
>  /.*/
>This is Samba 2.0.6 (RH6.2) with the below configuration.
This is a bug that is solved in 2.0.7.

-- 
giulioo@pobox.com

At 04:35 05/07/00 +1000, you wrote:
>The naive approach of using
>
>  /.*/
>
>fails in so far as no file at all appears on the NT side :-) Hiding
isn't
Possibly this is a bug in 2.0.6, or I'm missing something else about your
configuration. I just defined the following share in Samba 2.0.7 on RH6.2
(with 2.2.16 kernel):

[myhome]
  comment = Personal home directory for %U
  path = %H
  public = no
  writable = yes
  create mask = 640
  directory mask = 750
  veto files = /.*/*.tmp/

And the veto files option appeared to do exactly what you want, all the dot
files and all files ending in .tmp appeared to be absent, everything else
was normal. Try setting up the same share on your box and see what happens,
if it doesn't work then I suggest getting the Samba 2.0.7 RPM from one of
the mirror sites. n.b. I was accessing this from Win95, does anyone know if
it's possible that the effect of veto files could be in any way client
dependant?
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Who is this General Failure, and why is he reading my hard disk?