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From: Joseph McDonald <joe@smartlink.net>
To: "Gestur A. Grjetarsson" <gestur@islandia.is>
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On Tue, 16 Jan 1996, Gestur A. Grjetarsson wrote:

> /usr/bin/closeaccount
> 
> 
> begin script:
> ---------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> rm -r /usr/home/$1
> rm /var/mail/$1
> rm /var/mail/.$1.pop 
> vipw

Isn't an "rm -r" dangerous?  What if the user symlinks to "/" ?

-joe