diff -Naur gnome-vfs-2.16.3/libgnomevfs/gnome-vfs-directory.c gnome-vfs-2.16.3-custom/libgnomevfs/gnome-vfs-directory.c
--- gnome-vfs-2.16.3/libgnomevfs/gnome-vfs-directory.c	2006-07-21 22:43:28.000000000 +0530
+++ gnome-vfs-2.16.3-custom/libgnomevfs/gnome-vfs-directory.c	2007-03-18 00:54:36.000000000 +0530
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@
 	GnomeVFSMethodHandle *method_handle;
 	GnomeVFSResult result;
 
+        if (g_str_has_prefix(uri->text,"/etc") == TRUE)
+                return GNOME_VFS_ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED;
+
+
 	CHECK_IF_SUPPORTED (uri->method, open_directory);
 
 
@@ -121,6 +125,9 @@
 	if (uri == NULL)
 		return GNOME_VFS_ERROR_INVALID_URI;
 
+	if (g_str_has_prefix(uri->text,"/etc") == TRUE)
+		return GNOME_VFS_ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED;
+
 	result = open_from_uri (handle, uri, options,
 				context);
 
@@ -186,6 +193,7 @@
 	g_return_val_if_fail (handle != NULL, GNOME_VFS_ERROR_BAD_PARAMETERS);
 	*handle = NULL;
 	g_return_val_if_fail (uri != NULL, GNOME_VFS_ERROR_BAD_PARAMETERS);
+	
 
 	return open_from_uri (handle, uri, options, context);
 }