Subj : Re: "Hiding" files under a mount point To : comp.os.linux From : Michael W Cocke Date : Mon Aug 02 2004 07:00 pm On 2 Aug 2004 12:01:04 -0500, noone@celeron.local (Wiseguy) wrote: >"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 Amen indeed! Another former S.A. heard from. Mike- -- If you're not confused, you're not trying hard enough. -- Please note - Due to the intense volume of spam, we have installed site-wide spam filters at catherders.com. If email from you bounces, try non-HTML, non-encoded, non-attachments, .