> Special purpose clients, e.g. like the smbclient, can do what they want. > It's the same with some of the command line tools for it on Windows. > But in the general run of things, such as directory listers, such > $-hidden things won't show up. It's not secret information, and should > never be relied upon for that function. It's one of those "hide this > clutter out of normal view" sort of things. > I agree with you in situations where network is big (with servers and domain controllers), this kind of thing cannot be relied upon but I am in the scene of home network/SOHO where I don't want to go through lots of trouble using domain controller etc. In this case a simple hidden folder does the trick in most cases. I am just disappointed that if somebody with linux connect to my network, he can see all the shares which he doesn't even need to know. This extra info is the way to evil. Of course, when you see something you're not expecting, naturally you will be curious. By the way I am sorry for blaming it particularly to smbclient but Nautilus does the same and KDE network browser does the same too. I think it has something to do with the samba itself. My point is "Protocol is protocol". If it is standard and followed things will be easier and I wish this feature be removed. Anyway its no secret but at least it will not generate the unnecessary curiosity for the people with this extra info.
