Re: Hide directories in W2K domain

From: Torgeir Bakken (MVP) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com)
Date: 10/04/02 

From: "Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 03:48:20 +0200

spankey wrote:

> yes there are ways of hiding the files and directories from both local users
> and remote users all in one step.
> I am sure you havent heard of ntfs file streaming.

Yes, I have.

> it allows you to use the
> data stream that is present on ntfs volumes to hide the data (which includes
> directories). several programs have been made to handle this issue and can
> be found in microsoft areas.
> if you have the win2k resource kit there is a file called cp.exe that can be
> used for this purpose.
> to hide the file simply do a cp filesthidein.txt:file/directorytohide
>
> to run the program or directory simply do a start filetohidin.txt:directory
> to hide

This is an all or nothing solution, that is not what is discussed here. The
original poster wanted _specific_ security group not to see the folder (without
using shares with trailing $), while others that had rights in the folder should
see it. 

--
torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI
Porsgrunn Norway

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