Files starting with period on samba share

Hi,
Is there any way to prevent the creation of files starting with a period on a samba share? I have seen the terminal command that prevents creation of the "ds_store" files, but what i'm concerned about is the creation of the hidden .htm files and such that are created all the time on this samba share.

Yes, "*defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true*" prevents the Mac to create .DS_Store files in network shares, globally.
But I don't see what you are talking about with hidden .htm files created all the time, I do not have such problems. Maybe some web site editor do create temp files this way, but it is the way it works, I don't think it is a good idea to prevent that.
You still have the "veto files" option in Samba server configuration to prevent file patterns to be used, but I won't guarantee all applications needing access to hidden files will continue to work.

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