Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 23:16:30 +0530 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Jason <jsmethers@pdq.net> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: The joys of Windows Message-ID: <20000718231630.H19428@physics.iisc.ernet.in> In-Reply-To: <002301bff0df$8be558e0$9ccf1f40@pdq.net>; from jsmethers@pdq.net on Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 12:42:29PM -0500 References: <20000718165600.13757.qmail@web1304.mail.yahoo.com> <20000718224821.F19428@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <002301bff0df$8be558e0$9ccf1f40@pdq.net>
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Jason said on Jul 18, 2000 at 12:42:29: > > 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? Well, at least very surprised. Was the "current user" root, or the person who'd su-ed to root? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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