Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 20:59:33 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>, Paul Murphy <pnmurphy@home.com>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Traditional UN*X conventions (Or: Why not to login as root?) Message-ID: <20001019205933.A255@parish> In-Reply-To: <20001019152851.A15700@lpt.ens.fr>; from rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in on Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 03:28:51PM %2B0200 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010150739480.59649-100000@spaz.huntsvilleal.com> <Pine.SOL.3.96.1001016133315.4098A-100000@utah> <20001017035437.B537@hand.dotat.at> <39EE53E0.AC0226FA@home.com> <20001018235952.E470@ophelia.nectar.com> <20001019152851.A15700@lpt.ens.fr>
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On Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 03:28:51PM +0200, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: [snip] > The worst part is that the killall manpage (on linux and freebsd) > *warns* against this: > > Be warned that typing killall name may not have the > desired effect on non-Linux systems, especially when done > by a privileged user. > > (The above was taken from a FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE manpage. If it hasn't > been done already, maybe the "non-linux" reference should be modified > a bit? I don't have access to a newer release of FreeBSD to check.) > It's not there in 4-STABLE :) -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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