Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 10:30:40 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Jason <jsmethers@pdq.net> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: The joys of Windows Message-ID: <20000719103040.D12072@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <002301bff0df$8be558e0$9ccf1f40@pdq.net> References: <20000718165600.13757.qmail@web1304.mail.yahoo.com> <20000718224821.F19428@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <002301bff0df$8be558e0$9ccf1f40@pdq.net>
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On Tuesday, 18 July 2000 at 12:42:29 -0500, Jason wrote: >> Tim Ryder said on Jul 18, 2000 at 09:56:00: >> Another thing: I think you missed the point of the original mail, >> which wasn't a general crib mail, but documented a specific deficiency >> in windows: namely, it sometimes automatically deletes files in the >> home area on logout if the "roaming profile directory" (whatever that >> is) is set to the home directory (though apparently you can safely set >> it to a subdirectory of the home directory). I think further comment >> is unnecessary. I challenge you to find anything comparable in the >> history of unix. > > There was a bug in /usr/sbin/pkg_add where while installing a ports package > that it received a ^c it would rm -rf the current users home directory. This > feature worked for some time on both FreeBSD and NetBSD. > > Satisfied? Not really. I don't recall this bug. When was it? How long was it there? Did people try to sell a "well don't do that then" as a solution? Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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