Some folders are not visible? [CLOSED]
Some folders are not visible? [CLOSED]
Good day.
it looks like some folders are not displayed by Files. Like opt.
Is there a configuration setting (file?) where I could update the list of ignored folders?
it looks like some folders are not displayed by Files. Like opt.
Is there a configuration setting (file?) where I could update the list of ignored folders?
Re: Some folders are not visible?
Hi don!don wrote:Good day.
it looks like some folders are not displayed by Files. Like opt.
Is there a configuration setting (file?) where I could update the list of ignored folders?
On my system /opt is invisible directory - maybe that's your case too?
There's no "invisible" list in Files anyway, only an option to show/hide items tagged as hidden.
Mike.
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Re: Some folders are not visible?
Figured that out (thanks to the new extended feature attribute viewer):
folders with com.apple.FinderInfo attribute set are not visible.
All good.
folders with com.apple.FinderInfo attribute set are not visible.
All good.
Re: Some folders are not visible?
Don, that's not that simple.
com.apple.FinderInfo holds a whole set of variables inside it and AFAIK when that attribute with hidden flag set on is attached to some file - in fact BSD "hidden" flag is implicitly set.
BTW, have you checked that file with File Attributes sheet (ctrl+a)?
In my case /opt is hidden exactly because BSD hidden flag was on.
For additional information, in case of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chattr#In ... chflags.29
Mike.
com.apple.FinderInfo holds a whole set of variables inside it and AFAIK when that attribute with hidden flag set on is attached to some file - in fact BSD "hidden" flag is implicitly set.
BTW, have you checked that file with File Attributes sheet (ctrl+a)?
In my case /opt is hidden exactly because BSD hidden flag was on.
For additional information, in case of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chattr#In ... chflags.29
Mike.
Re: Some folders are not visible? [CLOSED]
There are some other hidden files normally not showing up, i.e. actual "invisible" files, important ones. I think they're called "cloaked". I currently have 5 cloaked files/directories in my root directory, next to the files/dirs with the "standard" hidden flag:
Plus dev, of course.
The right window is the root folder as seen by Rixstep's GDE. Does Nimble Commander have a way of showing and even accessing these files/dirs? (I'm going to post this on GitHub too.)
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.dbfseventsd
.HFS+ Private Directory Data\15
.journal
.journal_info_block
\342\220\200\342\220\200\342\220\200\342\220\200HFS+ Private Data
The right window is the root folder as seen by Rixstep's GDE. Does Nimble Commander have a way of showing and even accessing these files/dirs? (I'm going to post this on GitHub too.)
Re: Some folders are not visible? [CLOSED]
JayB,
Nimble Commander mostly uses POSIX APIs to interact with underlying filesystems, they doesn't provide such specific information.
But may I ask, why on earth might anybody want to interact with these entries?
I highly doubt these filesystem internals can be accessed via official APIs and without some level of hacking.JayB wrote:There are some other hidden files normally not showing up, i.e. actual "invisible" files, important ones. I think they're called "cloaked". I currently have 5 cloaked files/directories in my root directory, next to the files/dirs with the "standard" hidden flag.
Does Nimble Commander have a way of showing and even accessing these files/dirs? (I'm going to post this on GitHub too.)
Nimble Commander mostly uses POSIX APIs to interact with underlying filesystems, they doesn't provide such specific information.
But may I ask, why on earth might anybody want to interact with these entries?
Re: Some folders are not visible? [CLOSED]
Normally I wouldn't interact with them; I only found out about cloaked files a couple of days ago. However, from a security perspective (at least on systems like mine with SIP disabled) that's probably how rootkits would disguise themselves, as cloaked files; in these cases you might need a way to access (i.e. delete them). But I have yet to hear about macOS rootkits. (There are a couple in the Unix/Linux world, I believe.)
Re: Some folders are not visible? [CLOSED]
Huh, well I'm definitely not going to enter an anti-malware business, leave it to folks like Apple or Symantec
Anyway, catching this low-level kind of viruses is not an easy task on Macs.
Anyway, catching this low-level kind of viruses is not an easy task on Macs.
Re: Some folders are not visible? [CLOSED]
You can apparently get infos on cloaked files with fls and istat: https://wiki.sleuthkit.org/index.php?ti ... Hard_Links
I've actually installed fls & istat as part of sleuthkit with homebrew, but I haven't found out yet how to deal with this stuff. Anyways, not really important or NC.
I've actually installed fls & istat as part of sleuthkit with homebrew, but I haven't found out yet how to deal with this stuff. Anyways, not really important or NC.