Hide .svn directories with Proftpd

Question

Is it possible to hide directories with Proftpd?

Specifically .svn directories.

There is a HideFiles but not a HideDirectories directive. The problem with HideFiles is that it doesn't match on full path.

<Directory /home/ftp_user/my_project >

    # Despite trying to hide this directory it still shows up 
    # as /.svn in the ftp client.

    HideFiles "^\.svn" 

    <Limit ALL>
        allowuser ftp_user
    </Limit>
</Directory>

Is there another way to hide directories?

+1 - those `.svn` folders constantly cause issues when someone downloads a site via FTP that was one a subversion working copy — Mark Henderson, Oct 13 '10 at 20:48

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 13 '10 at 21:29

According to the HideFiles documentation, HideFiles only gives files "hidden-ness", it doesn't actually hide them. To hide them, you need to use IgnoreHidden within a Limit block. So, try this:

<Directory /home/ftp_user/my_project>

    HideFiles ^\.svn$

    <Limit ALL>
        AllowUser ftp_user
        IgnoreHidden on
    </Limit>
</Directory>

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 01 '20 at 18:14

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The Directory must be use /

<Directory />
# Enable hiding data based on user, group, and files the logged
# in user would have no access to.
    HideNoAccess on
    HideUser on
    HideGroup on
# Hide files in the parent directories.
    HideFiles (^\..*)
    <Limit ALL>
        IgnoreHidden on
    </Limit>
</Directory>

edited Jul 01 '20 at 18:14

sysadmin1138

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answered Jun 30 '20 at 11:02

xiaofeng lin

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Hide .svn directories with Proftpd

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