Is there a way to make it so root cannot see my files? Such as creating a directory that only I can view, and add files to it.

I mean root can log in, and go into the directory in which my directory existed, and even by typing 'ls -a' then root still wouldn't see it, so I don't mean just hidden, but even if root could see the folder, root couldn't access it.

I only have linux on my home system, so no, I am not trying to hide files from any admin dudes or anything, I am just wanting to know if you can do this, and if so, how.

Thanks for any ideas/links.

Cool

Basically no, root has no restrictions on the system, even if you chmod 400 your files that only you can view it, root can modify these files

you will need to encrypt your files.

Crypto FS - It's available through the setup (yast2) on SuSE 7.3 and up.

Cool, thanks guys.

I also am wondering about cross distro root access...

If I use encription for any given file, if I log into another distro on the same box, and mount the drive, can root still access the file then?

Example:
I have Slack installed on /dev/hda1
I install another Slack on /dev/hdb1
boot into /dev/hdb1 and mount /dev/hda1 on /mnt/slack1
Now, as root, I enter directory /mnt/slack1/home/ecryption
in which the files are encrypted, but I encrypted them when I was booted into slack on /dev/hda1.
Would I be able to then access them?

I think my example is more confusing than just realizing what I am asking

Anyway, any thoughts on that?

Thanks guys for participating

Cool

Encrypting the individual files will not hide them. You should look into something such as CryptoFS or StegFS.

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I invite everybody to crack it. I'll give you one year.

though it's visable it cannot be read.

However it can be deleted

chmod 000 myfile

you need: http://www.gnupg.org/

Oh there are many cool thing you could do.

cat your encryped file to the end of a seemingly beniegn file like tmp.txt.
you could name your file .myfile (that way root would have to ls -a to see it).
You could call it ".. " ( dor dot space ) , just like viruses do.