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Date:      Mon, 24 Jun 2002 18:28:54 -0700
From:      "Ken" <ken@carnahan.ws>
To:        <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RM question
Message-ID:  <002601c21be7$af4eaf40$654c5142@hewlettsqusv2q>

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Hi all,

Without actually trying it.
I know that as root 'rm -rf / ' would whack the whole filesystem. Just =
out of curiosity, what would that do as a normal user? I kow they =
couldn't hurt teh root filesystem, but would it recursively search teh =
whole system and remove and directory and files that the user has write =
permissions for ?
That's my guess anyway.


Ken


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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Without actually trying =
it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I know that as root 'rm -rf / ' would =
whack the=20
whole filesystem. Just out of curiosity, what would that do as a normal =
user? I=20
kow they couldn't hurt teh root filesystem, but would it recursively =
search teh=20
whole system and remove and directory and files that the user has write=20
permissions for ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>That's my guess anyway.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ken</FONT></DIV>
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