Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:48319 alt.msdos.programmer:1477 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!tank!msuinfo!cpsin1!draper From: draper@cpsin1.uucp (Patrick J Draper) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,alt.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Hiding/Protecting Directories Keywords: Directories,hiding,protection Message-ID: <1990Apr11.052529.20474@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Date: 11 Apr 90 05:25:29 GMT References: Sender: news@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu Distribution: na Organization: Michigan State University, East Lansing Lines: 29 > Does anyone know of a way of passowrd protecting a directory and >it's contents? > > I have already though of making the directory a hidden directory, >but it still allows it to be erased. I am not looking for a foolproof >method, but something to give anyone trying to get into or erase my directory >a really hard time. > > Note: It's highly unlikely that this centers computers will see >the likes of the Norton Utilities, PC Tools or X-Tree. > > > Tanx In AdvanZ > Something that will give people a really hard time is to use Turbo Pascal (other languages might work too) to create a directory with a funny name that dos doesn't understand from the command line like #&% 123 ---- the space between the % and the 1 is intentional. The idea is that you can use a little program to change your directories. What's really neat is that on a dos directory listing, the characters you use after the space will not be displayed, so there's added security. They can't see the full name of the directory, and even if they could, there's no legal way they can specify that directory on a command line. Patrick Draper - Michigan State University