[Nottingham] That old "-rf" thing...

[Rory Holland]

Did you know that these days, you can't "rm -rf /" as root?
Modern distros will give you an error unless you specifically pass the
--no-preserve-root argument.

How much do you trust me enough to give it a go?

Rory Holland <me at rory.sh>
Contact info & PGP key: http://rory.sh

On 3 June 2015 at 16:06, Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk> wrote:

> Folks,
>
> For one little sharp reminder whilst running some scripts from root:
>
> #####
>
> NOTE: If you run ./clean-all, I will be doing a rm -rf ...
>
> #####
>
>
> Perhaps
>
> (a:) I really shouldn't be root for that!
>
> (b:) Sharp reminder to double check what "pwd" shows...
>
>
>
>
> And why is it that on GUIs, "copy" and "cut" are right next to each
> other, and only one shaky mouse click away from disaster?...
>
> Perhaps that is why I prefer the command line. At least you have to be
> determined and use more finger motions to court disaster.
>
>
> Is all of IT just a house of cards?...
>
> Is that why some of us appreciate our beer? :-P
>
> There has got to be a better way!
>
>
> All in a day's IT,
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
>
> (Note that no bits have been hurt so far today :-) )
>
>
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