Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!gatech!mcdchg!usenet From: lvc@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Lawrence V. Cipriani) Newsgroups: comp.unix Subject: trick ls programs was hash in /bin/sh Message-ID: <2347@mcdchg.UUCP> Date: Mon, 9-Nov-87 10:00:19 EST Article-I.D.: mcdchg.2347 Posted: Mon Nov 9 10:00:19 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 11-Nov-87 06:16:09 EST References: <2056@mcdchg.UUCP> Sender: usenet@mcdchg.UUCP Organization: Ohio State Computer & Info Science Lines: 16 Approved: usenet@mcdchg.UUCP Summary: you can play hardball too [I think we've got the idea now. Let's let this be the last "funny ls" type posting. Thanks. -mod] If you have a mean streak in you try this "ls" instead: /bin/echo "Beat it nosey!" /bin/stty 0 with permissions of: ---r-xr-x your_uid your_gid ls One of the Unix machines I worked on had a f*** command that did something similar. Nobody ever complained about it though :-) Larry Cipriani tut!lvc