user view prevent of hidden files

[danjde]

Hi friends,
is it possible for "File" (ex Nautilus) on GNOME Shell 3.x prevent for a single user the hidden files view?
I want to prevent for a simple user the ability to enable the hidden file, locking the setting view so.

[TheFu]

Don't think it is possible. Unix is designed as a user-centric system. Users should be allowed to see their own files, always. The "hidden" files, aren't really hidden. They just begin with a period .hidden. Nothing more. It is only by convention that these are not usually displayed.

In a highly special-use system, it might be possible to make the HOME directory NOT be editable by the user it belongs to, but that raises all sorts of other issues.

Power to the users!

[buzzingrobot]

Hi friends,
is it possible for "File" (ex Nautilus) on GNOME Shell 3.x prevent for a single user the hidden files view?
I want to prevent for a simple user the ability to enable the hidden file, locking the setting view so.

What are you hoping to do by preventing this user from seeing hidden files? Maybe there's a better way to get there.