[GH-ISSUE #363] Please ignore dot files from macOS #287

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opened 2026-02-25 21:31:37 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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2026-02-25 21:31:37 +03:00

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Originally created by @URBANsUNITED on GitHub (Apr 9, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ciur/papermerge/issues/363

Originally assigned to: @ciur on GitHub.

Hi!

I searched for the reason why I couldn't import files sent by Samba from my Mac anymore.
Long time i believed it was a bug coming from Papermerge code - but it looked like no one else had this issue.
Then I believed it was a file permission error.
Both wrong!

It were the dot files coming from macOS.
like ._DS_Store or similar:

After deleting these files in my import dir, the import job worked flawless!
I searched for an easy fix on my side and found it:

add to your samba config on your server (/etc/samba/smb.conf) following line:

veto files = /._*/.DS_Store/

I've added this to my OMV server inside the share directly under advanced options:

after restarting the samba service, these files are history on your next file transfers using samba :)

It would be great if you could implement an ignore function on the import dir, based on above logic for these files please?!?

Thanks alot

URBANsUNITED

Originally created by @URBANsUNITED on GitHub (Apr 9, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ciur/papermerge/issues/363 Originally assigned to: @ciur on GitHub. Hi! I searched for the reason why I couldn't import files sent by Samba from my Mac anymore. Long time i believed it was a bug coming from Papermerge code - but it looked like no one else had this issue. Then I believed it was a file permission error. Both wrong! It were the dot files coming from macOS. like ._DS_Store or similar: ![Bildschirmfoto 2021-04-09 um 17 50 25](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6212300/114206934-23b46d00-995c-11eb-9e26-0982b6de8e24.png) After deleting these files in my import dir, the import job worked flawless! I searched for an easy fix on my side and found it: add to your samba config on your server (/etc/samba/smb.conf) following line: **veto files = /._*/.DS_Store/** I've added this to my OMV server inside the share directly under advanced options: ![Bildschirmfoto 2021-04-09 um 17 56 56](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6212300/114207754-06cc6980-995d-11eb-8f1d-c0916b9920bc.png) after restarting the samba service, these files are history on your next file transfers using samba :) It would be great if you could implement an ignore function on the import dir, based on above logic for these files please?!? Thanks alot URBANsUNITED

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@ciur commented on GitHub (Apr 11, 2021):

@URBANsUNITED, interesting use case. Ignoring files in monitoring folder is not that difficult to implement.
Thanks for opening this issue!

@ciur commented on GitHub (Apr 11, 2021): @URBANsUNITED, interesting use case. Ignoring files in monitoring folder is not that difficult to implement. Thanks for opening this issue!