Subj : Re: "Hiding" files under a mount point
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Robt. Miller
Date : Mon Aug 02 2004 06:53 am

In article <410de52e_3@127.0.0.1>, Wiseguy wrote:
>=?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.

 Sounds like a story there.


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