Thread: hide directory or folder?

when remove read/write permissions directory,i;m not able block files opened,
in windows remember software alled magic folder or something, gave folder password, when giving passwrod again, can able open file, there anuthing in ubuntu that? how it?
please help, googled no answer!!

you this:

code:

sudo chown -r $user:$user <directory name>  sudo chmod -r 700 <directory name>

and put "." in front of directory name. that'll make owner , change permissions else other can't cd it.

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