From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 4 10:27:51 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A222616A4CF for ; Mon, 4 Oct 2004 10:27:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dave.horsfall.org (mrdavi2.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.75.233]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7406043D2F for ; Mon, 4 Oct 2004 10:27:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by dave.horsfall.org (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id i94ARk419076 for ; Mon, 4 Oct 2004 20:27:46 +1000 (EST) Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 20:27:45 +1000 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <84ekke3i34.fsf@plab.ku.dk> Message-ID: References: <20041002081928.GA21439@gothmog.gr> <20041002102918.W22102@fw.reifenberger.com> <20041002085143.GA52519@gothmog.gr> <84ekke3i34.fsf@plab.ku.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: Protection from the dreaded "rm -fr /" X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 10:27:51 -0000 On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Dmitry Karasik wrote: > I just wonder, if 'rm' is so fearful to you, why bother changing rm(1)? > Write a simple wrapper around, as many sysadmins do for their needs, and > use it instead of rm. Precisely. This is -hackers; why do we need to be protected from ourselves? You typed it, you suffer the consequences (and you'll think very carefully before hitting RETURN next time). Or don't you trust those to whom you have given root access? I can't believe we're having this conversation. -- Dave