Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 17:37:52 +1000 From: Sam Lawrance <boris@brooknet.com.au> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Protection from the dreaded "rm -fr /" Message-ID: <1096789071.718.75.camel@dirk.no.domain> In-Reply-To: <20041003063141.GA4817@VARK.MIT.EDU> References: <20041002210554.GS35869@seekingfire.com> <20041002.192951.35870461.imp@bsdimp.com> <20041003015321.GA3190@gothmog.gr> <20041002.200645.21077766.imp@bsdimp.com> <20041003063141.GA4817@VARK.MIT.EDU>
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The problem can be solved by installing only slow disks and mounting filesystems in sync mode. As it takes so long to delete files in this environment, you have plenty of time to hit ctrl-c when you realise what you've done. ;)
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