10/18   This is a serious thread, please don't delete it. I'm about to get
        married and will be sharing my XP file server files (MP3 and videos)
        on 802.11x. The server will be up and accessible 24x7 to run regular
        stuff too like TV (all-in-wonder card), browser for house guests,
        etc.  I also have about 50G of porns on it and I need to hide them
        from my wife since she doesn't like them. Since she's in tech
        she knows how to mount, log in, and do other things. What's the best
        way to hide my porn collection? Thanks.
        \_ Ok, I'll bite.  IMHO, you don't have a healthy attitude going into
           your marriage.  This isn't about porn.  This is about deceiving
           someone you think you love about something trivial.  Ditch the
           porn or get a woman who doesn't care or shares your tastes.
        \_ Burn to DVD and then delete.
           \_ Agreed.
              \_ Or buy a firewire drive, transfer everything to it, keep
                 it unplugged and in a closet for the duration of the
                 visit just to make sure that some random guest doesn't
                 accidentally replug it in.
                 \_ Yes, but you'll be stupid and leave it plugged in after
                    a really good session. Poof. Caught. Just admit to yourself
                    you have a porn collection, cull it down to just Good Porn,
                    and put it somewhere she won't see right away. Make a
                    backup because once she does find it, she'll delete it.
                    Get yelled at. Find another place to hide in directory
                    structure. Best place? Game and app directories.
                    \_ 50G is too much to hide in directory structure.
        \_ Can't you just make the folder not readable for other users?
           \_ Yeah, win xp has per-user security stuff available like unix.
              \_  What about 2k and NT?  -- !OP
                  \_ i think it's tied to NTFS
        \_ This is hilarious!
        \_ I guess you could try just obfuscating it under some innocent
           directory tree and rename all the files with a perl script or
           something.
        \_ nuke it all.  enjoy your wife more.
           \_ link:csua.org/u/drp (work-safe)
        \_ PGPDisk.  Confidential_work_docs.pgd.  And make a backup to a
           3.5" USB drive.  -John
        \_ pkzipc -pass foo ......
           \_ philcompress
              \_ Did phil ever graduate, or is he still a perpetual undergrad
                 creeping closer to graduation one unit at a time?
                 \_ It's taking time to convince all the profs to accept
                    midterms & finals in crayon.
                 \_ he is trying to outdo psb as longest ug ever
                    \_ How long was psb a ug?  dans was a ug for 8 years,
                       mconst still is....
        \_ Find another woman, one that does not object to porn. Do you
           really want to spend the rest of your life slinking around like
           this?
           \_ I think the compromise is to keep the porn off the main file
              servers and browser/media history and he can keep his DVD or
              external HD stash.  I'm pretty sure op can get that agreement.
              Kinda makes sense if there is random guest access and potential
              future little sodans.
              \- if she finds it, challenger her to GUN DUEL.
                 \_ RIP phil hartman
           \_ I agree.  You need to teach her that the porn is for her
              own good.  A lil training goes a long way ;)
              \_ Buy her some chick porn.  Google for "pornography for
                 women."  According to a (probably b.s.) survey I read
                 recently, something like 65% of American women say they
                 enjoy pornography--I can't imagine it's of the rump-slapping
                 "ja ja faster baby" Klaus the German pr0n star variety. -John
              \_ Just pester her incessently for sex until she realizes that
                 porn makes her life easier.
              \_ That arguments works if she's into orgies, bestiality,
                 fisting, anal, s&m, etc.
        \_ Ohhh...his wife can "mount". Huhuh...mmm..uhhuhuhuhu
           \_ ...and log in.  I don't want to even think about that one.
        \_ Porn is bad for you.  Dump them.  - Christian Liberal