From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG  Mon Oct  4 12:34:01 2004
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB43C16A4CE
	for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>;
	Mon,  4 Oct 2004 12:34:01 +0000 (GMT)
Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (cpc2-cdif3-6-0-cust204.cdif.cable.ntl.com
	[81.103.67.204])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EF9043D5D
	for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>;
	Mon,  4 Oct 2004 12:34:01 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net)
Received: from setantae by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.42
	(FreeBSD))	id 1CES2S-0007br-5b; Mon, 04 Oct 2004 13:34:00 +0100
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 13:34:00 +0100
From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
To: Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org>
Message-ID: <20041004123400.GF2493@submonkey.net>
Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>,
	Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
References: <20041002081928.GA21439@gothmog.gr>
	<20041002102918.W22102@fw.reifenberger.com>
	<20041002085143.GA52519@gothmog.gr> <84ekke3i34.fsf@plab.ku.dk>
	<Pine.BSI.4.58.0410042021290.509@dave.horsfall.org>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1;
	protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="cuksurJxElusDw39"
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.4.58.0410042021290.509@dave.horsfall.org>
X-PGP: finger ceri@FreeBSD.org
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i
Sender: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net>
cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Protection from the dreaded "rm -fr /"
X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD
	<freebsd-hackers.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>,
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>,
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 12:34:02 -0000


--cuksurJxElusDw39
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 08:27:45PM +1000, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Dmitry Karasik wrote:
>=20
> > I just wonder, if 'rm' is so fearful to you, why bother changing rm(1)?
> > Write a simple wrapper around, as many sysadmins do for their needs, and
> > use it instead of rm.
>=20
> Precisely.
>=20
> This is -hackers; why do we need to be protected from ourselves?

All the world is not -hackers.

Ceri
--=20
I hear thought presenting the problem.
                                  -- dadadodo -c 1 Mail/trhodes

--cuksurJxElusDw39
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
Content-Disposition: inline

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD)

iD8DBQFBYUM3ocfcwTS3JF8RAkWcAJ9MOtk4QdDyGg9AKTsfYWuc6xDnwACeICuu
CIlyiEwBc68TYclZDBGaT2M=
=6428
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--cuksurJxElusDw39--