From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Jul 23 14:15:25 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C89F437B400 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 14:15:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (f158.law14.hotmail.com [64.4.21.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C93743E5E for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 14:15:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from macklobell@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 14:15:23 -0700 Received: from 217.215.99.176 by lw14fd.law14.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 21:15:23 GMT X-Originating-IP: [217.215.99.176] From: "Mack Lobell" To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org Subject: Why does /bin/ls show dot-files when logged in as root? Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 21:15:23 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Jul 2002 21:15:23.0327 (UTC) FILETIME=[0EB4CCF0:01C2328E] Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, i have a stupid ls question. When i hit /bin/ls as root i get a list including dot-files. If i hit /bin/ls as a normal user i don't get any dot-files, how come? Is this configurable? Regards. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message