[Discuss] Dropping obsolete commands (Linux Pocket Guide)

[richard.pieri at gmail.com (Rich Pieri)]

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. :)

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Rich P.