diff -NurpP --minimal linux-2.6.3-vs0.09.z/fs/proc/generic.c linux-2.6.3-vs0.09.z3/fs/proc/generic.c
--- linux-2.6.3-vs0.09.z/fs/proc/generic.c	2004-02-19 02:46:23.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.3-vs0.09.z3/fs/proc/generic.c	2004-02-23 04:49:55.000000000 +0100
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/vinline.h>
+#include <linux/vserver/inode.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/bitops.h>
 
@@ -350,7 +351,7 @@ struct dentry *proc_lookup(struct inode 
 		for (de = de->subdir; de ; de = de->next) {
 			if (de->namelen != dentry->d_name.len)
 				continue;
-			if (!vx_weak_check(0, de->vx_flags))
+			if (!vx_hide_check(0, de->vx_flags))
 				continue;
 			if (!memcmp(dentry->d_name.name, de->name, de->namelen)) {
 				int ino = de->low_ino;
@@ -427,7 +428,7 @@ int proc_readdir(struct file * filp,
 			}
 
 			do {
-				if (!vx_weak_check(0, de->vx_flags))
+				if (!vx_hide_check(0, de->vx_flags))
 					goto skip;
 				if (filldir(dirent, de->name, de->namelen, filp->f_pos,
 					    de->low_ino, de->mode >> 12) < 0)
@@ -544,7 +545,7 @@ static struct proc_dir_entry *proc_creat
 	ent->namelen = len;
 	ent->mode = mode;
 	ent->nlink = nlink;
-	ent->vx_flags = VX_ADMIN;
+	ent->vx_flags = IATTR_ADMIN | IATTR_HIDE;
  out:
 	return ent;
 }
@@ -566,7 +567,7 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *proc_symlink(cons
 				kfree(ent);
 				ent = NULL;
 			} else
-				ent->vx_flags = 0;
+				ent->vx_flags = IATTR_ADMIN;
 		} else {
 			kfree(ent);
 			ent = NULL;
diff -NurpP --minimal linux-2.6.3-vs0.09.z/include/linux/vserver/inode.h linux-2.6.3-vs0.09.z3/include/linux/vserver/inode.h
--- linux-2.6.3-vs0.09.z/include/linux/vserver/inode.h	2004-02-21 23:49:05.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.3-vs0.09.z3/include/linux/vserver/inode.h	2004-02-23 04:34:13.000000000 +0100
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ struct  vcmd_ctx_iattr_v1 {
 #define IATTR_BARRIER	0x00010000
 #define	IATTR_IUNLINK	0x00020000
 
+#define vx_hide_check(c,m)      (((m) & IATTR_HIDE) ? vx_check(c,m) : 1)
+
 
 extern int vc_get_iattr_v0(uint32_t, void *);
 extern int vc_set_iattr_v0(uint32_t, void *);
diff -NurpP --minimal linux-2.6.3-vs0.09.z/kernel/vserver/inode.c linux-2.6.3-vs0.09.z3/kernel/vserver/inode.c
--- linux-2.6.3-vs0.09.z/kernel/vserver/inode.c	2004-02-22 00:09:42.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.3-vs0.09.z3/kernel/vserver/inode.c	2004-02-23 04:04:19.000000000 +0100
@@ -41,10 +41,13 @@ static int __vc_get_iattr(struct inode *
 
 	if (in->i_sb->s_magic == PROC_SUPER_MAGIC) {
 		struct proc_dir_entry *entry = PROC_I(in)->pde;
-
-		// check for specific inodes
-		*flags |= (entry->vx_flags & IATTR_FLAGS);	
+		
 		*mask |= IATTR_FLAGS;
+		// check for specific inodes ?
+		if (entry)
+			*flags |= (entry->vx_flags & IATTR_FLAGS);	
+		else
+			*flags |= (PROC_I(in)->vx_flags & IATTR_FLAGS);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -119,10 +122,13 @@ static int __vc_set_iattr(struct inode *
 
 	if (*mask & IATTR_FLAGS) {
 		struct proc_dir_entry *entry = PROC_I(in)->pde;
-		unsigned int iflags = entry->vx_flags;
+		unsigned int iflags = PROC_I(in)->vx_flags;
 
-		entry->vx_flags = (iflags & ~(*mask & IATTR_FLAGS))
+		iflags = (iflags & ~(*mask & IATTR_FLAGS))
 			| (*flags & IATTR_FLAGS);
+		PROC_I(in)->vx_flags = iflags;
+		if (entry) 
+			entry->vx_flags = iflags;
 	}
 	
 	if (*mask & IATTR_BARRIER)
@@ -143,8 +149,6 @@ int vc_set_iattr_v0(uint32_t dev, void *
 	struct vcmd_ctx_iattr_v0 vc_data;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!vx_check(0, VX_ADMIN))
-		return -ENOSYS;
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || !capable(CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE))
 		return -EPERM;
 	if (copy_from_user (&vc_data, data, sizeof(vc_data)))
@@ -173,8 +177,8 @@ int vc_set_iattr(uint32_t id, void *data
 	struct vcmd_ctx_iattr_v1 vc_data;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!vx_check(0, VX_ADMIN))
-		return -ENOSYS;
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || !capable(CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE))
+		return -EPERM;
 	if (copy_from_user (&vc_data, data, sizeof(vc_data)))
 		return -EFAULT;