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From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
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>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Halliday <paul.halliday@gmail.com> writes:

Paul> Is it possible to let a user write to a directory but not access the
Paul> file after they write it?

Paul> The file is being transferred via scp and after the transfer I don't
Paul> want them to be able to re-fetch or even get a directory listing.

scp is via ssh.  with ssh, they get a complete command line.  how are
you going to prevent *that*?

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