Difference between RHEL6 and RHEL7 behavior for hidden file on samba shares

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Issue

  • Difference between RHEL6 and RHEL7 behavior for hidden file on samba shares
  • In RHEL7, it is not possible to overwrite hidden file by file copy due to access denied.
  • In RHEL6, it is possible to overwrite hidden file without being denied access.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • samba

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