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Old 08-19-2004
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Also, it looks as if you're doing this whilst being logged in as root as your shell is /sbin/sh

I would strongly discourage you being logged in as root uneccessarily, especially if you are new to UNIX, as a wayward moment on the command line can lead to a completely useless system.

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