On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 17:53, Michael Joyner wrote:
> Quoting Ertan Kucukoglu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > When I su to root or login as root from console. ls shows
> > hidden files, too. No matter I use "ls -a" or "ls" result
> > is same:

> per 'man ls'
>      The following options are available:
>      -A      List all entries except for . and ...  Always set for the
> super- user.

You could make an alias so ls actually does 'su normaluser -c "ls"'
Or you could just not use your root account for file management.

Regards,
Jacob

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