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Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 18:35:33 -0400
From: Michael Beattie <mtbeedee@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: cat /dev/urandom
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On 7/26/05, Matt Juszczak <matt@atopia.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>=20
> Quick question.
>=20
> shell# cat /dev/urandom
>=20
> can that executed as root cause any harm to the system?  What if a random
> sequence of `rm *` was generated... would it be executed?
>=20
> I tried that to fix my terminal and forgot it might cause damage as root,
> even if its just being cat'd to the screen.  I thought I saw some files
> fly by which would indicate an execution of `ls`....
>=20
> Just curious....
>=20

If you had a file with an rm * in it and you cat'd it would it execute?