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Re: Enhanced shell

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From: "Nadav Har'El" <nyh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Oliver Kiddle <opk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Enhanced shell
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 15:00:19 +0300
Cc: Zsh hackers list <zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Hebrew-date: 3 Av 5761
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On Mon, Jul 23, 2001, Oliver Kiddle wrote about "Re: Enhanced shell":
> > ? disable/enable? [bash]
> not so useful. they are also common as commands to enable/disable
> printers (on AIX and Solaris at least).

These are useful for restricted-shell mode, when you sometimes want to
disable builtins (e.g., the "read" builtin allows the restricted user to
read files that they shouldn't).

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Follow-Ups:
- Enable/disable (was Re: Enhanced shell)
  - From: Bart Schaefer

References:
- Enhanced shell
  - From: Peter Stephenson
- Re: Enhanced shell
  - From: Oliver Kiddle

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