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From: LUBKT@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu
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Subject: Re: System management and system file protection
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Date: 5 Dec 89 17:30:28 GMT
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In article <7869@bunny.GTE.COM>, krs0@GTE.COM (Rod Stephens) writes:

> ..................................... I must confess that I once
> forgot that I was logged on as root and blew away about half of my
> operating system ........................
> -- 

I guess that is the reason why root prompts are # sign - to remind you
that you are logged in as root.

 Binod Taterway, User Consultant, Lehigh University Computing Center
 Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015.         Tel: (215) 758-3984
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