Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 17:56:54 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Protection from the dreaded "rm -fr /" Message-ID: <16735.12854.834510.62812@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20041002081928.GA21439@gothmog.gr> References: <20041002081928.GA21439@gothmog.gr>
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In <20041002081928.GA21439@gothmog.gr>, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> typed: > John Beck, who works for Sun, has posted an entry in his blog yesterday > about "rm -fr /" protection, which I liked a lot: > http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/jbeck/20041001#rm_rf_protection > > His idea was remarkably simple, so I went ahead and wrote this patch for > rm(1) of FreeBSD: Aw, but watching how systems fail when you do "rm -rf /" after you take them out of service is so entertaining. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information.
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