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Hiding etc and var aliases
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Evansville, IN
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I am imaging some new G5s that came in to the office today. Unfortunately, when the machine finishes imaging I can see an alias for /etc, /var, and a few other entities that are supposed to be hidden. Is there a way I can hide these so my users aren't effing around in there?
Thanks.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
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When the machine is rebooted using the imaged drive, the .hidden files should not be visible. Give it a try.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Feb 2002
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I have run across this error when cloning Tiger drives in the past. What happened with me was that the system aliases you speak of are visible when the system is booted back in to an OS older than Tiger (In this case 10.3.9) I'm not sure if this has been fixed or ever will be. If this is similar to what is going on with your systems then I don't kow a fix. But I'd make sure you are cloning correctly since visible aliases are usually a sign of an incorrectly cloned image otherwise. If you are using CCC make sure that you are logged in and running as root with Tiger or it will clone right.
What are your system specs for these machines you're cloning?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2003
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They are Dual 2.7 GHz G5s.
I fixed it by using the XRay utility, but I really dont want to have to do that in the future when I have a larger upgrade (only 4 machiens on this one).
The funny thing is that when I open the ASR image for inspection on my machine, the aliases don't show up. Kinda weird.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Feb 2003
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"Another classic science-fiction show cancelled before its time" ~ Bender
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Also, an application called Tinker Tool will let you show and hide files that are supposed to be invisable. The regular Tinker Tool I think will only let you hide the files or show the files on a global level but I think that the company that makes Tinker Tool also makes a "pro version" that has many more options concerning hidding files.
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