--- smbd/mangle_hash.c.orig	Fri Mar  4 11:47:44 2005
+++ smbd/mangle_hash.c	Fri Mar  4 11:58:27 2005
@@ -178,10 +178,6 @@
 	if (strcmp_wa(fname, ".")==0 || strcmp_wa(fname, "..")==0)
 		return NT_STATUS_OK;
 
-	/* Name cannot start with '.' */
-	if (*fname == UCS2_CHAR('.'))
-		return NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL;
-	
 	if (only_8_3) {
 		ret = has_valid_83_chars(fname, allow_wildcards);
 		if (!NT_STATUS_IS_OK(ret))