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On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Andrew Brown wrote:

>alias su 'echo -n Password: ; stty -echo ; set foo=$< ; stty echo ; echo
>"" ; set prompt="# "'

Hehehehe.  But surely you mean:

alias su='echo -n Password: ; stty -echo ; read foo ; stty echo ; echo "" ; PS1="# "'

;-)

>Christos Zoulas wrote:
>>
>> In article <EA5B37D9BA8B444BBD47B3C450AA5E2706BCBA2F@gsnmp03es.ny.fw.gs.com>,
>> Lindgren, Jon <Jon.Lindgren@gs.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have a simpler solution: don't give the root password to idjits.
>> No matter what tool you are planning to install, an idjit deserving
>> her/his title will accidentally trip over a way to bypass it, while
>> scratching her/his head/ass wondering why the system will not allow
>> her/him to chop her/his own foot.
>>
>> Anyway, enough said. The time of reckoning is approaching.
>>
>> christos
>>
>> >
>> >http://integrit.sourceforge.net/
>> >
>> >> Or is this on wintookie?
>> >
>> >AIX [and pains].
>> >
>> >-Jon
>
>

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				Jim Wise
				jwise@draga.com
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