[ale] Forcing hidden files/folders to stay hidden

[cfowler]

Create your own tree ox the ext2fs code with hidden attribute support


On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 10:01, aaron wrote:
> On Tuesday 14 May 2002 11:58, Fletch wrote:
> > >>>>> "Charles" == Charles Marcus <CharlesM at Media-Brokers.com> writes:
> >
> >     Charles> Does anyone know if there is a system-level way of
> >     Charles> forcing hidden files/folders to stay hidden for normal
> >     Charles> users, even if they enable 'View Hidden Files' in their
> >     Charles> preferred file manager?
> >
> >         Hidden files in *NIX are only hidden by convention.  There's
> > nothing in the OS that's going to stop someone from accessing a file
> > they have permissions for just because it begins with a `.' character.
> >
> >         Of course one might could do some trickery with LD_PRELOAD and
> > a munged version of readdir(), but that would only stop casual
> > browsing and not the determined (and borders on the kludgy).
> 
> ...err...
>   ... how about let's NOT do some trickery and just SAY we DID!  ;-)
>  That way we can keep Linux freindly and free of the hidden viruses, 
> spyware and other invasions of privacy that plague Micro$haft victims. 
> 
> peace
> aaron
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