Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 13:34:00 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Protection from the dreaded "rm -fr /" Message-ID: <20041004123400.GF2493@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.4.58.0410042021290.509@dave.horsfall.org> References: <20041002081928.GA21439@gothmog.gr> <20041002102918.W22102@fw.reifenberger.com> <20041002085143.GA52519@gothmog.gr> <84ekke3i34.fsf@plab.ku.dk> <Pine.BSI.4.58.0410042021290.509@dave.horsfall.org>
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On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 08:27:45PM +1000, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> 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?
All the world is not -hackers.
Ceri
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I hear thought presenting the problem.
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