[gpfsug-discuss] Hidden fileset

[Jonathan Buzzard]

On Tue, 2017-12-05 at 10:47 +0000, Robert Horton wrote:
> On Tue, 2017-12-05 at 10:38 +0000, Sobey, Richard A wrote:
> > Quick question: is there a way to make a fileset hidden so it
> > doesn’t appear when browsing the filesystem through a CES SMB
> > export? Could I do something clever with the directory mask?
> 
> Can you link it somewhere obscure, put the data in, then re-link
> where you actually want it?
> 

Would not setting the DOS hidden attribute on the directory do the
trick? That's assuming the CES SMB is doing everything correctly, no
experience with that but if it is that will do the trick.

Obviously if a user has Explorer set to view hidden files and folders
they will see it.

The other option would be to do something like

chown root:root /path/to/fileset
chmod 700 /path/to/fileset

Then from memory Samba won't show it because you don't have permissions
to access it.


JAB.

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