[X4U] Tiger System Files appear that should be hidden

[John Baltutis]

On 12/21/05, Spoolman Nancy <nanc at spoolman.com> wrote:
>
> This Fall we received new G5 iMacs in. The normal route is to set one
> up with what is needed on them for the particular lab/building. Then
> I would clone using SuperDuper! (I used to use asr.) My life became
> so busy with our new student program I was unable to set up the
> computers this year. They had hired a guy to help out. His knowledge
> was PC only. This was done while I was out of town at a training
> workshop. Whatever copy program he used, left system files that
> should be hidden, out in the open. They look like alias'. My fear is
> that a teacher is going to toss one of these folders and hose the
> system, even though we've said not to. Some just don't always hear
> correctly. Anyway, the guy is new to Macs so wasn't sure which
> folders should appear at the root level.
>
> The folders that show up are: etc, tmp, var and volumes. All but the
> Volumes folder looks like an alias.
>
> Is there a command or something that would help me to hide these files?

Kinown problem. See <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301677> for
details on to fix this.