make shared folder invisible

[knyam]

Hie guys. I am trying to configure a linux samba server for the first
time. I have a folder named costbible that i want only users in the group @accounts. I wrote the following lines in the smb.conf file

[costbible]
comment = Cost bible
path = /usr/costbible
valid users = @accounts
read only = no
create mask = 0765

this is working ok but what i would like is a situation in which users who do not belong to @accounts group will not be able to view the folder costbible. right now they can view it but cannot access it's contents.

thanks in advance

 

[smah]

The way to make shares invisible to windows client, is to add $ to the end of the share name. In your case, costbible$. The drawback to this is that it would be invisible to every windows client.

When I say 'invisible' that only means that it won't be seen in Network Neighborhood. If you know the name/path, it can still be accessed as normal. So, if as long as members of the accounts group can access it without seeing it, this should work.

 

[knyam]

It works well.Thank you. But is there not a way of making the shared folder available(visible) for valid users and invisible for invalid users on the network neighbourhood

 

[smah]

Not that I know of. Depending on the setup, you can map a drive letter or create a desktop shortcut for the people that need to see it.

 

[member 141630]

You can map a volume as a share using the %U variable.

Been a while since I did this - this allows you to have dynamic shares allocated just for each user - i.e. John gets a share called John, Dave gets a share called Dave but John can't even see the share called Dave.. if you see what I mean....
Each share is visible only for the session in question - far nicer than Windows - users can't even see shares for other users...