I would say that's because of security reasons.
oli
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> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 16:37
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: Re[2]: Re: SUN vs. HP
> >
> > ...
> > only the core was there, but not totally. I've a book of
> > standard Unix commands
> > as recognized by ANSI and I haven't found one on HP that does
> > not work as
> > advertised, although HP many times provides a shortcut like
> > 'll' instead of 'ls
> > -al'.
>
> Actually, the "-a" in the "ll" command is only active for the root user,
> AFAIK. Others need to explicity specify the "a" option to get all the dot
> files.
>
> Why? Damned if I know. Coming from OpenVMS, these Unixy things are a pain
> in the buttocks. Faster then hell, but a pain to admin.
>
> Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA
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