Subj : Re: "Hiding" files under a mount point To : comp.os.linux From : noone Date : Mon Aug 02 2004 01:01 pm "Robt. Miller" tried to express: > 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: >> 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. More of a venom filled rant toward the profession. Back when IT departments were run by accountants with computer skills and SAs were actually called systems MANAGERS with matching authority to do the job right the field had some professionalism in it. Once business started putting MBAs and marketting schmucks in charge of IT operations the field went to hell in a handbasket. my 2.5 cents worth. -wiseguy .