How do I hide a file by its extension in a Samba share?

Question

I have a folder where it would help me if certain file types were not accessible by its samba users.

How can I do this?

This is not a programming question. You should post on [sf], but check their help centre before posting. — , Jul 07 '14 at 02:02
It helped me hide pyc files programming with Python, but I understand your point. Related topic: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/154443/how-to-avoid-pyc-files — Enrico, Jul 07 '14 at 12:21

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 07 '14 at 01:53

In your smb.conf, edit the share were you want to apply this and add this line to its properties:

veto files = /*.ext/

Where ext is the extension you want to block.

If you want to block more than one extension, do so like this:

veto files = /*.bmp/*.jpg/*.png/*.gif/

In this example I used some image extensions, but you can use any extension you want.

(You can even block specific files!)

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