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In article <97f8f8$gh5$1@numbers.wetware.com>,
	barry@necro.pacbell.net (Kenn Barry) writes:
> In article <QDkm6.27763$5M5.1725199@news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com>,
> Paul Newhouse <rockhead.com@bigbox.wan.vpn> wrote:
>>In article <dvjj9t8d7j5ji4p021fsh4qphrsnrm8hvq@4ax.com>,
>>	rtoledo@gte.net writes:
>>> this reminds me of a once popular service bought out by Lycos and now
>>> very crappy service called  FTPsearch  guess how it finds files in
>>> thousands of FTP servers,  it scans all these servers and even scans
>>> hidden folders that a regular user would not usually find unless they
>>> know how to use unix systems 
>>
>>Hidden "folders" on unix!?  Really!  Do you mean unix or some application
>>that runs on unix, like Samba?
> 
> 	I think he means unix. I can't remember details, but I do
> recall that hackers at least used to sometimes "borrow" disk
> space on machines they didn't own, and hide files they wanted
> to trade with their friends there. The directory name that sticks
> in my mind is "...". I don't recall the details, just that you
> normally wouldn't see this directory with an ftp 'dir' command.
> 
> 	UNIX also has what it labels "hidden" files and

Hidden "files" ok, hidden "folders" no!  rtoledo is a Microsoft Centric
moron.

Paul

> directories. These are file and directory names that begin with
> the '.' character. They don't show on a vanilla 'ls' listing.
> I believe they do show up in an ftp 'dir', though, so I don't
> think this is what the poster was referring to.
> 
> 						Kayembee

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