Subject: Re: hiding files from Macs
From: Marc Miller (itlm019@mailbox.ucdavis.edu)
Date: Thu Nov 02 2000 - 19:55:35 EST
I don't have a Mac of my own either and our machines at work have been
stripped down to basics. So I'm not sure if it's included with MacOS or
not. I'd say follow Ryan's advice on where to find the utility.
...and as far as it being a French version, with international support
'ya never know...
On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Milivoj Ivkovic wrote:
> Marc,
>
> Thank you for your reply.
>
> >Those were hidden already on my machine. There are utilities that can set
> >a "hidden" flag in the resource (AppleDouble) data for a file. ResEdit is
> >one of them.
>
> Is Resedit part of the OS, or do I have to download it from somewhere?
> (Unfortunately, I don't have a Mac at home to try things out before I go to
> the place where this netatalk server is set up).
>
> I wonder why these files are not hidden on those systems. Could it be
> because they use a French version of the Mac OS to talk to the netatalk server?
>
> >>How can I hide files/folders on the Netatalk server from Mac users? Like
> >>TheVolumeSettingsFolder, Apple* files etc...
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>
> >>Milivoj
>
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