On 11/9/2015 5:19 PM, Daniel Barrett wrote:
1. dump and restore
dump and restore (and their XFS equivalents for RHEL7) are still the only guaranteed ways to get a 100% accurate replica of a file system. Definitely worth keeping around.
2. finger and chfn
Definitely not finger. It's a gaping security risk. Not so much chfn. The move to cross-platform federated identity services have made chfn far less relevant than it used to be. Likewise chsh.
3. telnet
Use netcat. It's a better tool for the kinds of things you might use telnet for other than logins. Use ssh for logins.
4. dnsdomainname, nisdomainname, ypdomainname
No. As with chfn, other identity services have supplanted YP/NIS.
5. write and talk
I still occasionally use wall (write all) to notify users of impending shutdowns.
6. Usenet
Yes, but I'm old fashioned this way. :) -- Rich P. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
