Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 11:46:00 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Bill Sandiford <bill@duey.interlinks.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hidden Files Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971117114457.10644J-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971117134043.279A-100000@duey.interlinks.net>
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On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Bill Sandiford wrote: > > Is there anyway to hide files or directories from users. I have read > something about a .hidden file but I am not sure how that works. You could unset read and execute permissions on the target directory, and read perms on the target file. Also, any file beginnging with a dot is not displayed by an `ls' unless you use the -a option. Ie, `.cshrc' is hidden but `cshrc' isn't. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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