How to hide dot files in shared folders

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How to hide dot files in shared folders

We are replacing one of our Linux servers with OS X Server 5.1 running on El Capitan but cannot find a way to veto or hide dot files from Windows clients which have been set to show hidden files. We are used to tuning the smb.conf file to meet our specific needs. Unfortunately, smb.conf does not appear to be available in OS X Servber 5.1 and this could cause us to remain with our current Linux distro rather than implement OS X Server.

Does anyone know how to hide Apple dot files?

Posted on May 14, 2016 2:12 AM

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Answer 1

cdhw

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May 14, 2016 10:33 AM in response to robian-tl

I think you want nsmb.conf(5)

man nsmb.conf

The config files don't exist by default so they are only here:

/etc/nsmb.conf

~/Library/Preferences/nsmb.conf

if you've created them.

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Answer 2

robian-tl Author

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May 14, 2016 2:38 PM in response to cdhw

We have already viewed the man pages for nsmb.conf but the options shown are very limited and do not refer to veto or hide files. Is there another source for more details of all available commands? The command syntax is also a little different to the normal smb.conf.

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