Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 18:05:40 +1100 From: Jacob Rhoden <jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: "Ertan Kucukoglu" <ek@kalyonbilgisayar.com.tr> Subject: Re: ls shows hidden files when used by root Message-ID: <200210311805.40235.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <1036047216.3dc0d3702e561@imp.hq.dyns.cx> References: <web-7011959@doruk.net.tr> <1036047216.3dc0d3702e561@imp.hq.dyns.cx>
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On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 17:53, Michael Joyner wrote: > Quoting Ertan Kucukoglu <ek@kalyonbilgisayar.com.tr>: > > Hi all, > > > > When I su to root or login as root from console. ls shows > > hidden files, too. No matter I use "ls -a" or "ls" result > > is same: > per 'man ls' > The following options are available: > -A List all entries except for . and ... Always set for the > super- user. You could make an alias so ls actually does 'su normaluser -c "ls"' Or you could just not use your root account for file management. Regards, Jacob Jacob Rhoden Phone: +61 3 8344 6102 ITS Division Email: jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au Melbourne University Mobile: +61 403 788 386 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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