On 16/03/07, Indunil Jayasooriya <indunil75 at gmail.com> wrote: > I am now running vsftp on CENTOS 4.4. Still on my BOX. not still ready for > production environment. > I want to know one more thing. > > When I login to my ftp server from ftp client programme called Smart FTP > that was installed on a windows Xp machine, I can see . DOT files under > that directory. > > > Then traditional . files will be created there. But I do not want to those > .files to display, When users login from their ftp clients. > > How can I solve this? Read the vsftpd.conf man page, search it for 'deny_file' and 'hide_file'. $ man vsftpd.conf Hit '/' to go in to the Vi-like search mode in 'less' Type 'deny_file' without the single quotes Hit [ENTER] 'n' takes you to the next match, 'N' to the previous. Repeat for 'hide_file'. Will.