izslc19@discg1.UUCP (james cook) (11/10/90)
Is there a way I can hide files on my directory so that someone else could not see them if they did a DIR. I want to put some games on my directory, but my boss uses my PC on occassion and looks at files. Is there a way these game files would be invisible to him if he did a DIR. ( Some sort or utility or command that I would execute that would make files invisible if I left my workstation for a period of time). Does such a command or utility exist. Any comments will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- -------------------------------------------- Jim Cook (215) 687-0607 AV 442-0607 izslc19@discg1.UUCP Philadelphia, PA
mcastle@mcs213f.cs.umr.edu (Mike Castle) (11/11/90)
ATTRIB.ARC PD1:<MSDOS.DIRUTL> Utility to alter file attributes
ATTRIBCR.ARC PD1:<MSDOS.DIRUTL> Set file attributes util by Craig Milo Rogers
CA13.ARC PD1:<MSDOS.DIRUTL> Enhanced change attribute command, subdirs too
CHATT.ARC PD1:<MSDOS.DIRUTL> Change File Attributes - full screen - easy
CHMOD2.ARC PD1:<MSDOS.DIRUTL> Change file attributes, like Unix's 'chmod'
CHNGFIL.ASM PD1:<MSDOS.DIRUTL> Change file attribute, read-only/hidden/system
FILEATTR.ARC PD1:<MSDOS.DIRUTL> Set file attributes, hide, R/O, ARCH
PATTR.ARC PD1:<MSDOS.DIRUTL> Patriquins File Attribute toggler utility
SATTRIB.ZIP PD1:<MSDOS.DIRUTL> Modify all attributes inc hidden, sys & dirs
SFA.ARC PD1:<MSDOS.DIRUTL> Menu-driven file attribute setter
These are all available at simtel20.army.mil (26.2.0.74) in the directory
listed above (PD1:<MSDOS.xxxxx> ) or at wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4)
in mirrors/msdos/xxxxx.
If anyone knows of any other mirrored archives of Simtel20, please let me
know and I'll add them to this generic response.
Thanks.
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mcastle@cs.umr.edu | Love does not exist anymore. croft@mwk.uucp (KENN CROFT, EXT. 4483) (11/12/90)
In article <5001@discg1.UUCP>, izslc19@discg1.UUCP (james cook) writes: > Is there a way I can hide files on my directory so that someone else > could not see them if they did a DIR. I want to put some games on > my directory, but my boss uses my PC on occassion and looks at files. > Is there a way these game files would be invisible to him if he did > a DIR. ( Some sort or utility or command that I would execute that > would make files invisible if I left my workstation for a period of > time). Does such a command or utility exist. Any comments will be > greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > > -- > -------------------------------------------- > Jim Cook (215) 687-0607 AV 442-0607 > izslc19@discg1.UUCP > Philadelphia, PA Jim, Rather than hiding files, you might try creating a directory named with ASCII characters 255. I'm guessing that most people will not notice its existence. To do this, use the DOS "md" command and, instead of typing normal alphanumerics for the name, hold down the alt key while typing 255 (on mine I HAVE to use the numeric keypad numerals, I don't know how general that rule is) then repeat the ASCII 255 if desired. This method is not so secure, but it always struck me as rather convenient. It will show as a subdirectory, but the name will be blank and hard to notice. The advantage to this is that once you get into the directory, you don't have to worry about unhiding any files. There are probably more elegant solutions, but it was the first thing that came to mind. Regards, Kenn Croft
drack@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Dave Rackley) (11/12/90)
Is your boss really that stupid? :-0 :-) Try ATTR.COM, it's found in most archives. -- DISCLAIMER? I don't know anything 'bout any ol' disclaimer! +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+ | David Rackley | | | Applied Research Laboratories | Remember, you can tuna fish, | | The University of Texas | But you can't tuna piano! | | Austin, TX. 78758 | | +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+
tmottonen@cc.helsinki.fi (11/13/90)
In article <5001@discg1.UUCP>, izslc19@discg1.UUCP (james cook) writes: > Is there a way I can hide files on my directory so that someone else > could not see them if they did a DIR. I want to put some games on > my directory, but my boss uses my PC on occassion and looks at files. It would be easiest if you'd make a directory (\GAMES?), put all your games under it and then hide the directory using ATTR.COM (ATTR +h C:\GAMES). -- _________ Teemu Mottonen | | internet: tmottonen@cc.helsinki.Fi University of Helsinki | | bitnet: TMOTTONEN@FINUH Dept.of Computer Science |_________| decnet: HYLK::TMOTTONEN
rusbara2@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bob Rusbasan) (11/14/90)
In article <4007.27401017@cc.helsinki.fi> tmottonen@cc.helsinki.fi writes: > It would be easiest if you'd make a directory (\GAMES?), put > all your games under it and then hide the directory using > ATTR.COM (ATTR +h C:\GAMES). Whoa! What DOS are _you_ running? I wish mine could do that! ;-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Bob Rusbasan | This space unintentionally left blank. | | bob@en.ecn.purdue.edu | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) (11/15/90)
rusbara2@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bob Rusbasan) writes: > In article <4007.27401017@cc.helsinki.fi> tmottonen@cc.helsinki.fi writes: > > It would be easiest if you'd make a directory (\GAMES?), put > > all your games under it and then hide the directory using > > ATTR.COM (ATTR +h C:\GAMES). > > Whoa! What DOS are _you_ running? I wish mine could do that! ;-) Hmmm.... I think it's in the command processor. I run 4dos, and attrib /d +h dirname works just fine. (just tried it, to be sure) -- Roy M. Silvernail |+| roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu |+| #define opinions ALL_MINE; main(){float x=1;x=x/50;printf("It's only $%.2f, but it's my $%.2f!\n",x,x);} "This is cyberspace." -- Peter da Silva :--: "...and I like it here!" -- me
whos@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Ben Feen) (11/17/90)
Is the "hold down ALT and type on the numeric keypad" trick mentioned in the MS-DOS users manual???? -- whos@ddsw1.MCS.COM | I don't know, who's at DDSW1? | whos@ddsw1.MCS.COM! I asked YOU who's at DDSW1! Ok, there's a guy at DDSW1, right? | Right! Who? | Exactly! | What? | No, he's at lll-winken. | Where? | No, What! | I don't know! | He's at gargoyle. | Who? | No, he's at DDSW1.MCS.COM!
userAKDU@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA (Al Dunbar) (11/19/90)
In article <6359@mwk.uucp>, croft@mwk.uucp (KENN CROFT, EXT. 4483) writes: >In article <5001@discg1.UUCP>, izslc19@discg1.UUCP (james cook) writes: >> Is there a way I can hide files on my directory so that someone else <<<deletions>>> > >Rather than hiding files, you might try creating a directory named with ASCII >characters 255. I'm guessing that most people will not notice its existence. You can also set the "HIDE" bit on the directory entry for this directory. Won't "the boss" become suspicious when he sees something wierd on your PC? Also, if he knows anything about utilities such as PCTOOLS, he'll discover almost anything you try to hide. Wouldn't you be better off by not risking your job by stealing time your boss has paid for? -------------------+------------------------------------------- Al Dunbar | Edmonton, Alberta | "this mind left intentionally blank" CANADA | - Manuel Writer -------------------+-------------------------------------------
silver@xrtll.uucp (Hi Ho Silver) (11/19/90)
In article <1990Nov17.001950.21770@ddsw1.MCS.COM> whos@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Ben Feen) writes:
$Is the "hold down ALT and type on the numeric keypad" trick mentioned in the
$MS-DOS users manual????
I don't believe so, and it shouldn't be. It's not a feature of MS-DOS,
after all, but rather of the firmware of the IBM PC.
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Silver: Ever Searching for SNTF |i need a grilf | upon thousands of dollarsberggren@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Eric Berggren) (11/20/90)
whos@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Ben Feen) writes: >Is the "hold down ALT and type on the numeric keypad" trick mentioned in the >MS-DOS users manual???? MS-DOS 4.01 doesn't seem to care for that very much from the command- line. To hide a file, write a couple of simple utilities to create and view files and/or directories that have the character 127 as the first character of the name. ============================================================================== "Round and round the while() loop goes; Whether it stops," Turing says, "nobody knows."
kmcvay@oneb (11/22/90)
berggren@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Eric Berggren) writes: > whos@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Ben Feen) writes: > > >Is the "hold down ALT and type on the numeric keypad" trick mentioned in the > >MS-DOS users manual???? > > MS-DOS 4.01 doesn't seem to care for that very much from the command- > line. > To hide a file, write a couple of simple utilities to create and view > files and/or directories that have the character 127 as the first character I used ALT-255 to create hidden directories on MS-DOS 4.01 systems with success for about a year now. The directories are accessible from the command line or from batch files; I use them to provide a secure haven for a communcations front-end (FrontDoor 1.99/2.0) system files, to prevent inadvertant fiddling which might bring the (automated) mail system down. The software recognizes it (FrontDoor) and MS-DOS 4.01 does as well. What sort of problems have you experienced using ALT-255 with 4.01?
qingzhou@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Qing Zhou) (11/27/90)
This reminds me of a very nice software called PCLock my friend got. With it one can conveniently hide files and directories, this sort of things. The most impressive part is that it can rebuilt any .EXE and .COM file so that you can run it only after you enter the correct password you preset. It's $9.99, I believe. I got the address from my friend for you guys: Creative Software, POB 2005, W Lafayette, IN 47906.
qingzhou@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Qing Zhou) (11/27/90)
This reminds me of a very nice software called PCLock my friend got. With it one can conveniently hide files and directories, this sort of things. The most impressive part is that it can rebuilt any .EXE and .COM file so that you can run it only after you enter the correct password you preset. It's $9.99, I believe. I got the address from my friend for you guys: Creative Software, POB 2005, W Lafayette, IN 47906.
MJLEPPER@MTUS5.BITNET (12/13/90)
To make a file hidden with MS-DOS, just change the attribute bit in the direc tory table. It is easyest to use a utility such as Norton or such to do this.