[X4U] Tiger System Files appear that should be hidden

[Kirk McElhearn]

On Dec 21, 2005, at 3:19 PM, Spoolman Nancy 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?

When you boot the computer, they get hidden.


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