Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!ria!uwovax!16012_3045
From: 16012_3045@uwovax.uwo.ca (Paul Gomme)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: File protection in MS-DOS
Message-ID: <7818.2747aceb@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 19 Nov 90 14:59:07 GMT
References: <3920@male.EBay.Sun.COM>
Followup-To: comp.os.msdos.misc
Organization: Department of Economics, UWO, London, Ontario, Canada
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In article <3920@male.EBay.Sun.COM>, briantr@sunnet.EBay.Sun.COM (Brian Tran) writes:
> Hi there,
> 
>  We have a Wyse386 which are being shared by other users.
> 
>  Unfortunately, I have other private programs/data that I don't
>  want other users to read or delete.
> 
>  How can I protect my directory in MS-DOS (mine is 3.3) ?

You can hide the directory or files.  You can write protect (i.e. read only)the
files (perhaps the directory as well).  You could encrypt the files.
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