Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:00:00 -0700 From: Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org> To: Dru <dlavigne6@cogeco.ca> Cc: Mack Lobell <macklobell@hotmail.com>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why does /bin/ls show dot-files when logged in as root? Message-ID: <3D3DD1E0.3B9D34F9@pantherdragon.org> References: <20020723172703.M158-100000@x1-6-00-80-c8-3a-b8-46.kico2.on.cogeco.ca>
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Dru wrote:
>
> On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Mack Lobell wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
> Take a peek at /root/.cshrc
Not quite. For example, my root account uses bash and there is no
ls alias. However a straight "ls" will show dotfiles except for '.'
and '..'. The reason for this is in ls(1):
-A List all entries except for . and ... Always set for the super-
user.
So basically there's a bit of code in ls that adds -A to the effective
commandline arguements when uid==0.
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