Hide folders from external HDD

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Hi Guys,

not sure if this is a OSMC or Kodi question and I am not sure if there is a solution at all. I have a harddisk (VFAT) connected to OSMC. On that harddisk I have two folders (one backup and one media). I have two different samba shares configured to access these two folders. As the backup folder is of no interest for Kodi I would like Kodi only be able to access (and I am not talking about adding to library) the media folder. But obviously when I attach the HDD to Kodi it (and the users) can see all folders on that harddisk including the backup.

Cheers

Fred

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If you just want to make it invisible you might be able to put a . In front of the name, I think that should make it invisible as far as Kodi is concerned. It’ll still be accessible if you specifically go there though.

So just rename “backup” to “.backup”

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Thanks, that might be the easiest. I guess not much else can be done without changing the disk to a filesystem with rights management capabilities