Dan Cross пишет:
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 7:45 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
/bin/ls (without arguments)
if called by root-user
lists ".dotted" files
WHY????????????????????????
Probably a better question is why 'dotfiles' are ever hidden by ls.
This was an historical mistake that never got corrected.
maybe it was, maybe not.
it is easy to accept either behavior unless it is constantly changing.
and i found the hiding files a bit useful and i usually rely on it.
As for why the default behavior for root is different, it's probably
to help system administrators see past the munchkin trick of intruders
trying to cover their tracks by hiding things in, e.g., dot
directories. If one runs 'ls' as root and sees, '.h4x0Rd00d', it's a
good indication that you've got a problem.
you shall NOT appeal to security in UI questions ever
bound "security" and "hidden" in one sentence and you will shot your own
leg off.
