The following reply was made to PR bin/32215; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Wouter Schoot <wouter@schoot.org>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/32215: root has shell history, users don't on default ksh
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 00:33:40 +0100

 David Laight wrote:
 >  >  Agreed. It would be nice to set "set -o emacs" to all users.
 
 >  Ugg, horrid emacs command editing and nasty shared history...
 
 What's the real problem with it ? I, for myself, like to have history 
 (the default history only lives as long as your shell lives - it doesn't 
 save the history to disc), and really don't understand why root has it 
 on default and users don't. Vice versa would be more understandable.
 
 mvg,
 
 Wouter
 
 -- 
 Er was eens een boer. Hij had 3 koeien, 2 witte en 1 witte.
 Maar dat gaf niet, want de koe gaf ook niet.  De boer vond een
 horloge, de koe vond van niet.  Ra-ra kameel politiepet.