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From: Eve Atley <eatley@wow-corp.com>
To: Ken Moffat <ken@kenmoffat.uklinux.net>
Cc: Linux-Newbie <linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How to hide . folders
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 21:56:06 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BD385D76.3EE4%eatley@wow-corp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0408052259230.20336@ppg_penguin.kenmoffat.uklinux.net>


Ken, thanks for the reply.

You're correct... This is SSH via a graphical client. They are non-technical
folks who need something simple. I'm just trying to protect any system files
from accidental deletion.

Is my question better stated, then, as how to prevent users from deleting
any of the directories they encounter? If that's the correct question, then
is my solution to set a read-only on any folders that I don't wish deleted?

> something : system directories show up if you go too far up the
> hierarchy, but permissions should prevent you writing in them.

Is it possible to keep users from proceeding up further in the hierarchy, by
chance? 

- Eve


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  reply	other threads:[~2004-08-06  1:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-08-05 20:06 How to hide . folders Eve Atley
2004-08-05 22:15 ` Ken Moffat
2004-08-06  1:56   ` Eve Atley [this message]
2004-08-06  8:13     ` Ken Moffat
     [not found]     ` <Pine.LNX.4.58.0408060856370.23328@ppg_penguin.kenmoffat.uk linux.net>
2004-08-06 15:55       ` Ray Olszewski
2004-08-07  6:02     ` Stephen Samuel
2004-08-10 18:16       ` How to hide . folders (resolved) Eve Atley

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