Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 03:12:48 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Protection from the dreaded "rm -fr /" Message-ID: <20041006001248.GC1471@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <20041005103123.C46325@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us> References: <20041002081928.GA21439@gothmog.gr> <200410021123.59811.max@love2party.net> <20041002081928.GA21439@gothmog.gr> <20041002083336.GA10355@k7.mavetju> <415E6C4A.1010804@gamersimpact.com> <20041002101842.GA23272@gothmog.gr> <nospam-1096714635.84106@felix.gbch.net> <20041005103123.C46325@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us>
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On 2004-10-05 10:37, Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> wrote: > I think you just nailed it on the head right here... if you say "rm > -rf /" you probably mean it, but if you say "rm -rf / foo" you > probably oopsed (pretty good bet, since rm / makes asking to rm foo > redundant). How about checking if there is more than one argument, > and if one of those arguments is "/", fail. If there is only one > argument, even if it is "/", assume the user knows what he is doing > and proceed normally. I no longer have any interest in working towards any sort of change related to this thread. Please do not Cc: me when replying. Thanks, Giorgos
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