How to hide a folder in NTFS for particular user

Question

I have a Problem with PHP and SVN. See here... Using FUSE would be one option, but after a first look, it seems very complicated.

Is there any option to prevent an NTFS filesystem, WIN2003Server, to hide directories completely from a useraccount (I can setup apache to run under this account).

It is not as easy as it seems, given the following restrictions:

• It must be a pattern match, I do not know in advance which SVN folders will be created
• I cant deny the access to the whole parent folder, the .SVN and the content lay side by side
• Simply hiding does not work, PHP does not care for hidden flag

Any ideas (or comments)?

Answer 1

I'm afraid the answer is no: Permissions in NTSF do not allow hiding of folders. Here is a list of all permissions you can grant/revoke in NTFS:

• Full Control (includes everything from below)
• Traverse Folder
• List Folder
• Read Attributes
• Read Extended Attributes
• Create Files
• Create Folders
• Write Attributes
• Write Extended Attributes
• Delete
• Read Permissions
• Change Permissions
• Take Ownership

Ignoring single files/directories is what the hidden attribute is for. If the program (typo3, right?) ignores the flag, your best bet is to see if you can configure it to handle it. (But that would be a new question on SO).