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By binary_pearl at 2011-02-07 21:40
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The description below only works if you are root. Based upon comments on the content below, there is a desire to do something similar, but as a non-root user. I'll try to see what I can come up with. In the meantime, here is a way to "hide" files if you are root:
One of the many neat things you can do in Linux is to create a "virtual disk" (which is really just a file), and you can add other files to it. We use this at work to store an xml file into a virtual disk that are xen virtual machines use when booting to configure themselves. But you could also use this as a way to more-or-less hide files.
So first: Create the virtual disk (The example creates a 10MB disk):
Code:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/root/name_of_virtual_disk bs=1M count=10
Format the disk to ext3:
Code:
mkfs -t ext3 /root/name_of_virtual_disk
You will get the message below, press 'y' at the prompt:
Quote:
/root/name_of_virtual_disk is not a block special device.
Proceed anyway? (y,n)
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Make a directory so you can mount your new virtual disk:
Code:
mkdir /root/mount_point
Now mount your new virtual disk to your mount point:
Code:
mount -t auto -o loop /root/name_of_virtual_disk /root/mount_point
copy whatever files you want into /root/mount_point/
Now unmount the disk:
Code:
umount /root/name_of_virtual_disk
The files that you just copied are no longer visible, but they are still stored within /root/name_of_virtual_disk
If you want to see your files again do the same mount command as above:
Code:
mount -t auto -o loop /root/name_of_virtual_disk /root/mount_point
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