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Old 07-24-2008
Hide network mount from df commands

I am trying to write a script that mounts a network drive. The network drive must be as secure and hidden as possible, including being hidden from commands such as df, etc. Any suggestions?
# 2  
Old 07-24-2008
I havnt tried this but try putting a . infront of the mount point. So it would be /mnt/.mounted_directory


EDIT:Just tried that and it still shows up in df
I cant find anyway to hide it from df. Not sure why you would want to, best bet is just to not give any permissions top people that you dont want to access it.
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Old 07-24-2008
The user needs access so an application can install a package from the network drive. But I don't want the user to get a copy of it. So I am tring to hide the network drive.
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Old 07-24-2008
Can the application run as another user, and that user has access to the network drive?

To start the application it calls
"sudo -u appuser /path/application"

and the user appuser has access to the network share.

The appuser would only have sudo access to the application and no other uneeded commands.

This is assuming the application initiates the installation of the package.
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Old 07-24-2008
that's a prett good idea, I didn't think of that. The only issue is the user has admin rights, so they could override if they wanted to. Thanks for your help.
 
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