[Casper] Finder shows hidden files after image

Nesbitt, Sean M. sean.m.nesbitt at lmco.com
Mon Nov 3 06:14:54 PST 2008 

Its not Casper. See this Apple KB article: Mac OS X 10.4: Invisible files
become visible after NetInstall or restoring from a disk image
(http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1979)

Sean

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>    1. Finder shows hidden files after image (Michael Curtis)
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>    3. Re: Finder shows hidden files after image (Miles Leacy)
>    4. Re: Finder shows hidden files after image (Nichols, Jared)
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> Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 21:50:34 +0000
> From: Michael Curtis <bazmail at bazmac.co.uk>
> Subject: [Casper] Finder shows hidden files after image
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> Hi,
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> I have imaged a Mac and it now shows the etc and var folders, among
> others in the Finder. These should of course be hidden. How can I hide
> them, and any idea why Casper would have done this?
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> Best wishes
> 
> Michael
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> Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 20:42:03 -0500
> From: "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Casper] Finder shows hidden files after image
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> I won't always defend Casper, but in this instance I can't imagine that Casper
> is actually the cause of this issue. And have you imaged more than just one
> Mac to see if you can get it to reoccur and be reproduced?
> 
> Did you install any other packages when you imaged? Would any of those have
> potentially changed some settings?
> 
> Craig E
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> On 11/1/08 4:50 PM, "Michael Curtis" <bazmail at bazmac.co.uk> wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> I have imaged a Mac and it now shows the etc and var folders, among
> others in the Finder. These should of course be hidden. How can I hide
> them, and any idea why Casper would have done this?
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> Michael
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> Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 22:16:10 -0400
> From: "Miles Leacy" <miles.leacy at themacadmin.com>
> Subject: Re: [Casper] Finder shows hidden files after image
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> I agree with Craig.  I suggest checking your workflow.
> I had an instance where this occurred, but only when another member of my
> staff performed the imaging.  I never did find the cause because when using
> the process I had established, it did not occur.
> 
> If you can share your imaging process, and the packages and scripts in your
> configuration, perhaps we can help find what is causing this.
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> 2008/11/1 Ernst, Craig S. <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu>
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>> >  I won't always defend Casper, but in this instance I can't imagine that
>> > Casper is actually the cause of this issue. And have you imaged more than
>> > just one Mac to see if you can get it to reoccur and be reproduced?
>> >
>> > Did you install any other packages when you imaged? Would any of those have
>> > potentially changed some settings?
>> >
>> > Craig E
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>> > On 11/1/08 4:50 PM, "Michael Curtis" <bazmail at bazmac.co.uk> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have imaged a Mac and it now shows the etc and var folders, among
>> > others in the Finder. These should of course be hidden. How can I hide
>> > them, and any idea why Casper would have done this?
>> >
>> > Best wishes
>> >
>> > Michael
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> From: "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>
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> Hi-
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> I don't think it would be Casper either, but I use something called SetHidden
> to re-hide these folders.  It came with (I believe) the 10.4 dev tools -
> though works on 10.5 too.  It'll need installation as it's a command-line
> binary, but once it's installed, you can call it with a script as part of
> maintenance.  It's simple and does the trick nicely.
> 
> I attached a compressed a folder with the following:
> 
>  *   SetHidden - file - Iceberg project file
>  *   resources - folder - contains postflight script which executes the
> SetHidden command
>  *   contents - folder - contains the SetHidden binary and hidden_MacOS9 file
> as distributed from Dev Tools
>  *   build - folder - contains built, installable, Set Hidden.pkg, as compiled
> from Iceberg.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> jared
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> On 11/1/08 17:50 , "Michael Curtis" <bazmail at bazmac.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have imaged a Mac and it now shows the etc and var folders, among
> others in the Finder. These should of course be hidden. How can I hide
> them, and any idea why Casper would have done this?
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> Michael
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