Files with . at the beginning of the name, they are hidden in Windows Explorer

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I would like to know if this function is normal and if there is a way to not leave it active, I have projects that are saved with . At the beginning of the organization and in the migration to using TrueNas Scale, everyone was hidden.

Thanks in advance!

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Interesting. I wonder if they’re using “hide dot files = yes” as a new default with SMB shares in SCALE?

What does this reveal about the shares’ configurations? (You can change/censor any personal or identifiable names or strings.)

testparm -s
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Interesting. I know Linux automatically hides dot files. I didn’t know Windows does also. I think you can disable hiding those files in windows “Folder Options”.

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The default for hide dot files in samba hasn’t changed since 2004 when the parameter was introduced.

This only applies the DOS “HIDDEN” attribute to the files, which is a reasonable setting in a cross-platform environment.

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Below is the command return

Load smb config files from /etc/smb4.conf
lpcfg_do_global_parameter: WARNING: The “syslog only” option is deprecated
Loaded services file OK.
Weak crypto is allowed by GnuTLS (e.g. NTLM as a compatibility fallback)

Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE

Global parameters

[global]
bind interfaces only = Yes
disable spoolss = Yes
dns proxy = No
load printers = No
logging = file
max log size = 5120
netbios name = BITFIXSRV
passdb backend = tdbsam:/var/run/samba-cache/private/passdb.tdb
printcap name = /dev/null
registry shares = Yes
restrict anonymous = 2
server multi channel support = No
server string = TrueNAS Server
winbind request timeout = 2
idmap config * : range = 90000001 - 100000000
fruit:nfs_aces = false
fruit:zero_file_id = false
rpc_server:mdssvc = disabled
rpc_daemon:mdssd = disabled
idmap config * : backend = tdb
create mask = 0775
directory mask = 0775

[DADOS]
comment = DADOS
ea support = No
path = /mnt/RAIDZ1/DADOS
posix locking = No
read only = No
smbd max xattr size = 2097152
vfs objects = streams_xattr shadow_copy_zfs ixnas zfs_core io_uring
tn:vuid =
fruit:time machine max size = 0
fruit:time machine = False
nfs4:chown = True
tn:home = False
tn:path_suffix =
tn:purpose = DEFAULT_SHARE

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On Windows I can only activate the view, but it remains hidden

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In TrueNAS Core 13.3, here is what I see…

If I do not use an auxiliary parameter in my share, this is the observed behavior when accessing it from a client’s Windows File Explorer:

  • View → Hidden Files enabled: files that start with “.” are visible
  • View → Hidden Files disabled: files that start with “.” are hidden

If I use auxiliary parameter hide dot files = no in my share, this is the observed behavior when accessing it from a client’s Windows File Explorer:

  • View → Hidden Files enabled: files that start with “.” are visible
  • View → Hidden Files disabled: files that start with “.” are visible

So perhaps to get this (desired) behavior for @MuriloBitFix, the auxiliary parameter hide dot files = no can be used for that SMB share?

EDIT: Fixed an unimportant, insignificant typo, just to please such sticklers for “accuracy”. Why must we be clear between a “yes” and a “no”? Would Shakespeare care? Should anyone really care?

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If I use auxiliary parameter hide dot files = yes in my share, this is the observed behavior when accessing it from a client’s Windows File Explorer

That doesn’t make sense. You’re literally setting an identical value to the service default: samba/source3/param/loadparm.c at 4fec43c0c0155240da48c33ce7dc1abcf7d8c716 · truenas/samba · GitHub

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I copied that line from my first post (earlier in this thread) and forgot to change “yes” to “no”. :sweat_smile:

Score another “L for Laziness”.

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I’m new to using TRUENAS and I’m still a little lost on the issue of configuration via its shell, where I can access the file with this samba information, I only found smbconf4, but it doesn’t have options for exchanging this info share dotfiles

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SCALE removed Auxiliary Parameters for SMB shares.

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