* mpajoh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi All; Is there an equivalent to DOS's hidden file in Linux? If so
> how may I hide a file.
There's two ways...
1 - rename the file to begin with a period (.)
e.g. mv filename .filename
2 - change the permissions so that only the owner (and root)
have access to it.
e.g. chmod 600 filename (use 700 for executables)
In 1 above users may still be able to access the files and can still
"see" the files if they do 'ls -a' (which is the same situation for
DOS).
In 2 above, other users will be able to see the files with ls but they
won't be able to access them (read, write, or execute).
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