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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
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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