Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 04:24:06 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: Geoffrey Robinson <geoffr@globalserve.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can I Hide Files? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810200421120.590-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <362BDE75.33BBA55A@globalserve.net>
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On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, Geoffrey Robinson wrote: >Is it possible to set a file or directory as hidden so that it won't show >up on ls or ls -alo but can be read written or executed if you know the >name? No. 'ls -a' will make files/directories show every time regardless of the user id. If you don't want certain people to look in a certain directory then use 'chmod' to keep them out. Remove group and other permissions. Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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