Unable to copy dot files from external source, using smb

[parveen7ghjsingh]

The problem got resolved by activating the option show hidden files in Nexctloud WebUI in Settings for External Storage.

[V8Triker]

My original post has nothing to do with Nextcloud.
The issue is that the .dot files are not visible in TNAS.

I can see the .dot files on the Ubuntu source.
I have also stated that with persistence, you can see them in TNAS.

However, the root issue is that any copy/create/rsync fails as the creation of the destination object can not be confirmed.
This example could not be any clearer in showing the issue:

....... Even trying to create the file from a mount point, on the Ubuntu server, does not work if the file name starts with a dot.

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root@bubble:/media/tnas/ServerFolders/test# echo 'The test of nothing' >._ demo.txt
-bash: ._: No such file or directory
root@bubble:/media/tnas/ServerFolders/test#
root@bubble:/media/tnas/ServerFolders/test#
root@bubble:/media/tnas/ServerFolders/test#
root@bubble:/media/tnas/ServerFolders/test#
root@bubble:/media/tnas/ServerFolders/test# echo 'The test of nothing' >demo.txt
root@bubble:/media/tnas/ServerFolders/test#
root@bubble:/media/tnas/ServerFolders/test#
root@bubble:/media/tnas/ServerFolders/test#
root@bubble:/media/tnas/ServerFolders/test#
root@bubble:/media/tnas/ServerFolders/test# ls
 demo.txt   dir1  'Test document.txt'
root@bubble:/media/tnas/ServerFolders/test#