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Date:      Mon, 07 May 2012 11:49:36 -0700
From:      merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
To:        Paul Halliday <paul.halliday@gmail.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Write only directory.
Message-ID:  <86aa1jaksf.fsf@red.stonehenge.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAJfn-REgWrEP-g9uAxGOpsvt8SxuKOf_xXr=5iy4SahP0cpvoA@mail.gmail.com> (Paul Halliday's message of "Mon, 7 May 2012 15:38:03 -0300")
References:  <CAJfn-REgWrEP-g9uAxGOpsvt8SxuKOf_xXr=5iy4SahP0cpvoA@mail.gmail.com>

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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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