[3182] in Athena Bugs
"(Did you su in a fascist directory?)"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Carr)
Tue Sep 12 18:45:50 1989
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 89 18:45:35 EDT
From: John Carr <jfc@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
I like this error message, but we must consider first the effect it
has on users who are only familiar with "fascist" as a term used to
refer to political positions they oppose. I think a more verbose
message targeted at ordinary users would be better, for example:
Unable to read ".."; did you run "su" in a restricted directory?
(surely someone can come up with something better than this).
This message _has_ caused questions by users.
