Subj : Re: "Hiding" files under a mount point
To   : comp.os.linux
From : noone
Date : Mon Aug 02 2004 02:54 am

=?iso-8859-1?Q?Lin=F8nut?= <=?iso-8859-1?Q?lin=F8nut?=@bone.com> tried to express:
> Error BR-549: MS DRM 1.0 rejects the following post from Thomas D. Shepard:
> 
>> Hiding part of a file system by mounting over it is a weird thing to do,
>> but it is not too hard to imagine reasons why you might want to do it.
> 
> I've heard that a sysadmin might use this trick.
> 
yup.  common trick to hide files from prying eyes...problem is, moderately
sophisticated users with root access can see thru it.  another reason to
never take a sysadmin job unless you are the only user with root access.

a highly disgruntled former SA,
-wiseguy

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