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Disable creation of specific file names on a windows share
How do you find what process is holding a file open in Windows?Useful Command-line Commands on WindowsWindows rsync that supports long file names, or an good alternative?Frequent error messages when connecting to Windows file shares from a Mac under a VPN connectionMoving Mac files to a share on Windows ServerWhich filename encoding should I use to be compatible with Windows, Mac and LinuxFile share recommendations for many CAD filesBest file sharing protocol for Windows clients?OSX 10.8.3 creating/editing files on Windows 7 share creates weird blocking accountFile Share files wont execute
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In Linux, it's easy to disallow the creation of files with specific names through the use of samba's veto files options. This is useful in situations where, for example, you have Macs connecting to the share and you don't want .DS_Store files everywhere. You just set up a veto file option and the server refuses to allow the creation of anything matching the regex.
I currently have a windows server that is providing file shares to the entire company. This file server must be backup up, of course. Due to the way the backup program works, it errors out after 100 files are not copied over to the backup server. These files it errors out on are part of the veto files list on the backup server.
While I'd like to just remove all these files from the windows server, they are auto generated by windows (Thumbs.db) and Mac (.TemporaryItems, .DS_Store, etc) and will be back by the time the backup runs again.
Is there any way to prevent the creation of specific file names in windows like there is in Linux? Google has not been particularly enlightening this time around, which makes me wonder if this is even possible.
windows network-share file-sharing
asked May 30 at 16:30
ephrealephreal
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In Linux, it's easy to disallow the creation of files with specific names through the use of samba's veto files options. This is useful in situations where, for example, you have Macs connecting to the share and you don't want .DS_Store files everywhere. You just set up a veto file option and the server refuses to allow the creation of anything matching the regex.
I currently have a windows server that is providing file shares to the entire company. This file server must be backup up, of course. Due to the way the backup program works, it errors out after 100 files are not copied over to the backup server. These files it errors out on are part of the veto files list on the backup server.
While I'd like to just remove all these files from the windows server, they are auto generated by windows (Thumbs.db) and Mac (.TemporaryItems, .DS_Store, etc) and will be back by the time the backup runs again.
Is there any way to prevent the creation of specific file names in windows like there is in Linux? Google has not been particularly enlightening this time around, which makes me wonder if this is even possible.
windows network-share file-sharing
asked May 30 at 16:30
ephrealephreal
184
Welcome to ServerFault. Most backup software has a mechanism for excluding files or directories from the backup process. Rather than trying to prevent thethumbs.dband.TemporaryItemsfiles from being created, maybe you can configure the backup software to skip them.
– Doug Deden
May 31 at 15:23
I did actually add in exclusions on the backup, but it has some errors with subfolders in .TemporaryItems folders created by mac. I'm sure I can figure something out for it eventually. I'm looking into changing backup software soon, so maybe I'll make file exclusions a higher priority on the new software.
– ephreal
Jun 1 at 20:17
add a comment |
In Linux, it's easy to disallow the creation of files with specific names through the use of samba's veto files options. This is useful in situations where, for example, you have Macs connecting to the share and you don't want .DS_Store files everywhere. You just set up a veto file option and the server refuses to allow the creation of anything matching the regex.
I currently have a windows server that is providing file shares to the entire company. This file server must be backup up, of course. Due to the way the backup program works, it errors out after 100 files are not copied over to the backup server. These files it errors out on are part of the veto files list on the backup server.
While I'd like to just remove all these files from the windows server, they are auto generated by windows (Thumbs.db) and Mac (.TemporaryItems, .DS_Store, etc) and will be back by the time the backup runs again.
Is there any way to prevent the creation of specific file names in windows like there is in Linux? Google has not been particularly enlightening this time around, which makes me wonder if this is even possible.
windows network-share file-sharing
asked May 30 at 16:30
ephrealephreal
184
In Linux, it's easy to disallow the creation of files with specific names through the use of samba's veto files options. This is useful in situations where, for example, you have Macs connecting to the share and you don't want .DS_Store files everywhere. You just set up a veto file option and the server refuses to allow the creation of anything matching the regex.
I currently have a windows server that is providing file shares to the entire company. This file server must be backup up, of course. Due to the way the backup program works, it errors out after 100 files are not copied over to the backup server. These files it errors out on are part of the veto files list on the backup server.
While I'd like to just remove all these files from the windows server, they are auto generated by windows (Thumbs.db) and Mac (.TemporaryItems, .DS_Store, etc) and will be back by the time the backup runs again.
Is there any way to prevent the creation of specific file names in windows like there is in Linux? Google has not been particularly enlightening this time around, which makes me wonder if this is even possible.
windows network-share file-sharing
windows network-share file-sharing
asked May 30 at 16:30
ephrealephreal
184
asked May 30 at 16:30
ephrealephreal
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asked May 30 at 16:30
ephrealephreal
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ephrealephreal
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ephrealephreal
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Welcome to ServerFault. Most backup software has a mechanism for excluding files or directories from the backup process. Rather than trying to prevent thethumbs.dband.TemporaryItemsfiles from being created, maybe you can configure the backup software to skip them.
– Doug Deden
May 31 at 15:23
I did actually add in exclusions on the backup, but it has some errors with subfolders in .TemporaryItems folders created by mac. I'm sure I can figure something out for it eventually. I'm looking into changing backup software soon, so maybe I'll make file exclusions a higher priority on the new software.
– ephreal
Jun 1 at 20:17
add a comment |
Welcome to ServerFault. Most backup software has a mechanism for excluding files or directories from the backup process. Rather than trying to prevent thethumbs.dband.TemporaryItemsfiles from being created, maybe you can configure the backup software to skip them.
– Doug Deden
May 31 at 15:23
I did actually add in exclusions on the backup, but it has some errors with subfolders in .TemporaryItems folders created by mac. I'm sure I can figure something out for it eventually. I'm looking into changing backup software soon, so maybe I'll make file exclusions a higher priority on the new software.
– ephreal
Jun 1 at 20:17
Welcome to ServerFault. Most backup software has a mechanism for excluding files or directories from the backup process. Rather than trying to prevent the
thumbs.db and .TemporaryItems files from being created, maybe you can configure the backup software to skip them.– Doug Deden
May 31 at 15:23
Welcome to ServerFault. Most backup software has a mechanism for excluding files or directories from the backup process. Rather than trying to prevent the
thumbs.db and .TemporaryItems files from being created, maybe you can configure the backup software to skip them.– Doug Deden
May 31 at 15:23
I did actually add in exclusions on the backup, but it has some errors with subfolders in .TemporaryItems folders created by mac. I'm sure I can figure something out for it eventually. I'm looking into changing backup software soon, so maybe I'll make file exclusions a higher priority on the new software.
– ephreal
Jun 1 at 20:17
I did actually add in exclusions on the backup, but it has some errors with subfolders in .TemporaryItems folders created by mac. I'm sure I can figure something out for it eventually. I'm looking into changing backup software soon, so maybe I'll make file exclusions a higher priority on the new software.
– ephreal
Jun 1 at 20:17
add a comment |
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Thumbsdb disabling via gpo
Deny specific files on Windows server share
That might help you
answered May 30 at 16:50
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This looks promising so far, I'll give it a look through. Thanks!
– ephreal
May 30 at 16:56
This appears to be the windows way to do things. I'll have to see if there is any way to get this to work on our systems then. Thank you!
– ephreal
May 30 at 18:04
Yes, on Windows its not so easy to restrict access on specific files.
– djdomi
May 31 at 16:41
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Deny specific files on Windows server share
That might help you
answered May 30 at 16:50
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This looks promising so far, I'll give it a look through. Thanks!
– ephreal
May 30 at 16:56
This appears to be the windows way to do things. I'll have to see if there is any way to get this to work on our systems then. Thank you!
– ephreal
May 30 at 18:04
Yes, on Windows its not so easy to restrict access on specific files.
– djdomi
May 31 at 16:41
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Thumbsdb disabling via gpo
Deny specific files on Windows server share
That might help you
answered May 30 at 16:50
djdomidjdomi
536
This looks promising so far, I'll give it a look through. Thanks!
– ephreal
May 30 at 16:56
This appears to be the windows way to do things. I'll have to see if there is any way to get this to work on our systems then. Thank you!
– ephreal
May 30 at 18:04
Yes, on Windows its not so easy to restrict access on specific files.
– djdomi
May 31 at 16:41
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Thumbsdb disabling via gpo
Deny specific files on Windows server share
That might help you
answered May 30 at 16:50
djdomidjdomi
536
Thumbsdb disabling via gpo
Deny specific files on Windows server share
That might help you
answered May 30 at 16:50
djdomidjdomi
536
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answered May 30 at 16:50
djdomidjdomi
536
answered May 30 at 16:50
djdomidjdomi
536
answered May 30 at 16:50
djdomidjdomi
536
536
This looks promising so far, I'll give it a look through. Thanks!
– ephreal
May 30 at 16:56
This appears to be the windows way to do things. I'll have to see if there is any way to get this to work on our systems then. Thank you!
– ephreal
May 30 at 18:04
Yes, on Windows its not so easy to restrict access on specific files.
– djdomi
May 31 at 16:41
add a comment |
This looks promising so far, I'll give it a look through. Thanks!
– ephreal
May 30 at 16:56
This appears to be the windows way to do things. I'll have to see if there is any way to get this to work on our systems then. Thank you!
– ephreal
May 30 at 18:04
Yes, on Windows its not so easy to restrict access on specific files.
– djdomi
May 31 at 16:41
This looks promising so far, I'll give it a look through. Thanks!
– ephreal
May 30 at 16:56
This looks promising so far, I'll give it a look through. Thanks!
– ephreal
May 30 at 16:56
This appears to be the windows way to do things. I'll have to see if there is any way to get this to work on our systems then. Thank you!
– ephreal
May 30 at 18:04
This appears to be the windows way to do things. I'll have to see if there is any way to get this to work on our systems then. Thank you!
– ephreal
May 30 at 18:04
Yes, on Windows its not so easy to restrict access on specific files.
– djdomi
May 31 at 16:41
Yes, on Windows its not so easy to restrict access on specific files.
– djdomi
May 31 at 16:41
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Welcome to ServerFault. Most backup software has a mechanism for excluding files or directories from the backup process. Rather than trying to prevent the
thumbs.dband.TemporaryItemsfiles from being created, maybe you can configure the backup software to skip them.– Doug Deden
May 31 at 15:23
I did actually add in exclusions on the backup, but it has some errors with subfolders in .TemporaryItems folders created by mac. I'm sure I can figure something out for it eventually. I'm looking into changing backup software soon, so maybe I'll make file exclusions a higher priority on the new software.
– ephreal
Jun 1 at 20:17