[Ozzpot]

Here is my problem:

I have a folder full of files that I don't want people to see. I use a little app called HideMe, which hides or unhides folders and puts them in a list. To see or open these folders, I open "HideMe", enter my password, and select which hidden folder I would like to get at. This is fine, but I have found that I can still access the files within this folder via the "Find" option in Finder, without entering any password. None of the people that I am hiding these files from have Macs, but I'm pretty sure they can work out how to use the "Find" feature. Is there any way to stop the "Find" feature in the Finder showing hidden files? That would be ideal. I would rather it just didn't show them than require a password.

Please bear in mind that I would like simple password access to this folder. I do not want to go anywhere near any terminal or applescript stuff.

Thanks in advance.

[pat++]

create a user with a password. All other users won't be able to access the files owned by this user if you remove read/execute permissions...

[ink]

If you're serious about keeping that information private, then you need to encrypt it. That's the only way to prevent others from seeing it.

PGP Desktop is an easy-to-use solution that will create encrypted "volumes" on your computer where you need to authenticate in order to view their contents. There's no way around this, unless you open up the volume and leave your computer accessible to others. If you want to, you can do this with the freeware program called "GPG", but it's not the easiest program to us (I install it with Fink).

Any other hiding tricks are pretty easy to get around.

[Ozzpot]

Thanks guys, that's given me some ideas. I think I may create another user account to store all this stuff, and switch to it when I need to access these files.

Thanks for all your help!

[ink]

Originally posted by Ozzpot:
Thanks guys, that's given me some ideas. I think I may create another user account to store all this stuff, and switch to it when I need to access these files.

Thanks for all your help!

Just remember; I can boot up with a CD and view all those files without any restriction.

[sbjordal]

Originally posted by ink:
If you're serious about keeping that information private, then you need to encrypt it. That's the only way to prevent others from seeing it.

PGP Desktop is an easy-to-use solution that will create encrypted "volumes" on your computer where you need to authenticate in order to view their contents. There's no way around this, unless you open up the volume and leave your computer accessible to others. If you want to, you can do this with the freeware program called "GPG", but it's not the easiest program to us (I install it with Fink).

Any other hiding tricks are pretty easy to get around.

Creating a diskimage w/password gives you the same option. I love PGP, but no reason to reinvent the wheel. Just use Disk Utility, create new Disk Image, select encrypted.

[mitchell_pgh]

I wrapped my G4 in tin foil... it not only keeps out the governments radiation, but it also keeps others away from my computer.

[Dex13]

Originally posted by sbjordal:
Creating a diskimage w/password gives you the same option. I love PGP, but no reason to reinvent the wheel. Just use Disk Utility, create new Disk Image, select encrypted.

so you want to hide it? (Do as above and create your own encrypted disk image)
1. Put your the secretstuff.dmg on the desktop
2. Open Terminal
3. Type cd ~/Desktop
4.Type mv "secretstuff.dmg" ".secretstuff.dmg"

Then it's gone.
To make it reappear
1. Type mv ".secretstuff.dmg" "secretstuff.dmg"

Just replace the name of my .dmg with the name of yours.

[SMacTech]

I do as sbjordal suggested, use Disk Utility with a password. You won't be cracking that, unless you know the password.