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05-07-2004, 02:49 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2004
Posts: 13
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Hiding Folders in Linux
Hello everyone.
I am a newly Linux user converted. I am currently using SUSE distro.
My first ever question to you all, is there a way that I can hide my sensitive folder data, so that it won't be visible to others. Next to hiding it, would that be possible to completely making this folder unsearchable via "Find" function?
Has linux an internal command to do so, or should I use third party software for that?
Additional information, I am using KDE as my GUI.
Thank you all for your kind attention and help.
Kind regards
SuperBejo
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05-07-2004, 02:54 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2004
Location: Italy
Distribution: Slackware 9.1
Posts: 5
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"chmod go-r your-document-"
This allow only your user (and root) to see -your-document-
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05-07-2004, 03:02 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2004
Posts: 13
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Thank you bankomat.
Do you know if it is possible to assign password to a folder in order to open it? Just Curious 
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05-07-2004, 07:07 AM
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Member
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Kerala, India
Distribution: Red Hat, Knoppix, Mandrake, FreeBSD
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as you create a user, the user is assigned a directory and if required you can give a password to the user by giving
passwd <username>
command... this will help only the user and the root to access the files of that user
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05-07-2004, 08:21 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2004
Posts: 12
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thats right linux does rule and window$ $uck$
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05-07-2004, 09:45 AM
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: London, UK
Distribution: FreeBSD, OpenSuse, Ubuntu, RHEL
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thats right linux does rule and window$ $uck$
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LOL...Welcome to the community sambob! It's nice to see that fresh excitement. Keeps me going.
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05-12-2004, 02:14 AM
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Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Kerala, India
Distribution: Red Hat, Knoppix, Mandrake, FreeBSD
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The excitement should go on and on...
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06-05-2004, 04:35 AM
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Registered: Jun 2004
Location: Britain
Distribution: Slackware
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Quote:
Originally posted by sambob
thats right linux does rule and window$ $uck$
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yes i do agree 100% with sambob, micro$ and bill gate$ $uck$ with w$
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06-05-2004, 07:58 AM
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hmmm despite hearing that, microsoft still rule the os market share about 90%.
linux is providing a tough competition to microsoft i guess 
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06-09-2004, 07:50 AM
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Registered: Jun 2004
Location: Britain
Distribution: Slackware
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Quote:
Originally posted by greythorne
hmmm despite hearing that, microsoft still rule the os market share about 90%.
linux is providing a tough competition to microsoft i guess
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Sorry i meant that their unfair business practices and software sucks (bloatness, instabilities, more security backdoors...)
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