"ph" <pilhun@gmail.com> writes:

> i want to learn how to protect some files so that others,even root,
> cannot open or modify the files like source codes etc. is that possible
> on unix ?


not really - unless you use rm(1) and even that isn't safe.
What use is a file that can't be read by anyone including root?
Don't have them on the computer if you don't want root to read it.




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