From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25000 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2001 12:00:50 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 23 Jul 2001 12:00:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 10274 invoked by alias); 23 Jul 2001 12:00:43 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 15459 Received: (qmail 10263 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2001 12:00:42 -0000 Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 15:00:19 +0300 From: "Nadav Har'El" To: Oliver Kiddle Cc: Zsh hackers list Subject: Re: Enhanced shell Message-ID: <20010723150019.A25511@leeor.math.technion.ac.il> References: <20010722224707.BD7621428E@pwstephenson.fsnet.co.uk> <3B5C06E6.FFFCCFCC@u.genie.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <3B5C06E6.FFFCCFCC@u.genie.co.uk>; from opk@u.genie.co.uk on Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 12:13:42PM +0100 Hebrew-Date: 3 Av 5761 On Mon, Jul 23, 2001, Oliver Kiddle wrote about "Re: Enhanced shell": > > ? disable/enable? [bash] > not so useful. they are also common as commands to enable/disable > printers (on AIX and Solaris at least). These are useful for restricted-shell mode, when you sometimes want to disable builtins (e.g., the "read" builtin allows the restricted user to read files that they shouldn't). -- Nadav Har'El | Monday, Jul 23 2001, 3 Av 5761 nyh@math.technion.ac.il |----------------------------------------- Phone: +972-53-245868, ICQ 13349191 |A good programmer is someone who looks http://nadav.harel.org.il |both ways before crossing a one-way street.