[Gllug] getting into the linux work scene

[Chris Ball]

>> On Tue, 03 Sep 2002 09:51:36 +0100, Tethys <tet at accucard.com> said:

   tet> Even a one character change can go wrong if you accidentally
   tet> insert a control character somewhere, and that backup could save
   tet> your ass. 

Also been there.  Unknowingly managed to change the first line of my
.zshrc from '#!/bin/zsh' to '/bin/zsh'.  Cue maxed out process and fd
tables, and a dead ld and sshd the next time I tried to login.

Oops.

- Chris.
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