Put your files in a directory starting with "dot" :-) Of course if your brother is linux expert and looking for your files, he can discover it. Otherwise zip your directory with a password protection. - Prabhat Ranjan On Wednesday 17 September 2003 14:08, Vinu Moses wrote: > On Sunday 14 September 2003 11:36 pm, max knr wrote: > > while i was playing with a live cd i found that all > > the hdd partition gets mounted and even i can browse > > through the root dir !!! is there any way i can hide > > my root dir or my bro will see my jpg collection iam > > in trouble h e l p > > Disable CDROM booting. And password protect your bios. > > Your brother could still access your drive (if he is that determined) by > - taking your disk in another computer and mounting it > - resetting your bios password > > If someone has physical access to your computer, there's not much to > stop him from stealing your data. Encryption helps but is not > foolproof... it is again a question of resources and motivation. But > the stronger the encryption, the less the likelyhood someone will take > that much trouble to try decrypting it or have the resources to do so. > > Regards, > Vinu. > > >
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