Hi,
i have a password hidden in a folder.
i did it by typing >folderw echo/Mypassword
However, i could not do it when the folder is on server
drive. When i try to copy the folder from my c drive to
server, it mentioned that the data stream in the folder
will be lost.
Pls Help, Thanks

rgds
john

"john" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0e1601c387c1$5e054f30$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
> i have a password hidden in a folder.
> i did it by typing >folderw echo/Mypassword
> However, i could not do it when the folder is on server
> drive. When i try to copy the folder from my c drive to
> server, it mentioned that the data stream in the folder
> will be lost.
> Pls Help, Thanks
>
> rgds
> john


Is your server by chance a non NTFS filesystem? Hidden data streams will
typically only reside on an NTFS partition.

Scot Wiedenfeld
Just my 2.0134 cents worth (tax included)

"john" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0e1601c387c1$5e054f30$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
> i have a password hidden in a folder.
> i did it by typing >folderw echo/Mypassword
> However, i could not do it when the folder is on server
> drive. When i try to copy the folder from my c drive to
> server, it mentioned that the data stream in the folder
> will be lost.
> Pls Help, Thanks
>
> rgds
> john
>


Make sure the server drive is formatted with NTFS. Which tool or process
did you use to copy the folder?

This screen capture is from a Windows XP client and a Windows 2000 server:

C:\Temp>MD StreamTest1

C:\Temp>Echo MyPassword>StreamTest1w

C:\Temp>More < StreamTest1w
MyPassword

C:\Temp>XCopy /e /i StreamTest1 \\TOOL\Marty$\Temp\StreamTest1
0 File(s) copied

C:\Temp>More < \\TOOL\Marty$\Temp\StreamTest1w
MyPassword

"john" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:0e1601c387c1$5e054f30$(E-Mail Removed)...
> i have a password hidden in a folder.
> i did it by typing >folderw echo/Mypassword
> However, i could not do it when the folder is on server
> drive. When i try to copy the folder from my c drive to
> server, it mentioned that the data stream in the folder
> will be lost.
> Pls Help, Thanks

If the volume you're copying to resides on a Windows NT4, 2000 or 2003
Server and is formatted using NTFS, there shouldn't be any problems -
even guest accounts can create ADS's!

If you're copying to a Novell volume, then _maybe_ the Novell Native
File Access Pack needs to be loaded on the server.

Obviously, it goes without saying that obfuscating data using ADS's is
not secure blah blah...

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