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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!news.alpha.net!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!Dortmund.Germany.EU.net!not-for-mail From: bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Suggestion for 2.1 Date: 8 Jun 1995 18:24:40 +0200 Organization: EUnet Deutschland GmbH, Dortmund, Germany Lines: 25 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3r7888$280@Germany.EU.net> References: <3r6rh4$64v@oz.plymouth.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: qwerty.germany.eu.net In article <3r6rh4$64v@oz.plymouth.edu>, ted@oz.plymouth.edu (Ted Wisniewski) writes: |> I have a suggestion for 2.1, To help protect new users from themselves |> place the following aliases in "root"'s .cshrc: |> |> alias rm 'rm -i' |> alias cp 'cp -i' |> alias mv 'mv -i' might as well add alias dir 'ls -l' alias a: 'echo -n' alias b: a: alias c: a: alias d: a: alias newfs a: alias tar a: alias cpio a: etc. No. I'd rather suggest people refrain from being root if they don't know what they are doing. Otherwise, the painful experiences will only be delayed. Bernard