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Matthew Seaman wrote:
> Jay Chandler wrote:
>
>   
>> I've got a user who needs to be able to view (read only) the aliases
>> file.  We'll grant him root access a few weeks after the eventual
>> heat-death of the universe, so how would you all go about doing this?
>>     
>
> Hand him some sheets of printout?
>   
Sadly, the data change too often for this to be effective.

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Jay Chandler
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