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On Tue April 25 2006 14:46, John Jolet wrote: |
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> > I find that "rm -rf .*" works wonders for security. |
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> Now guys, someone new is going to try one of these! :) And we all know |
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> we've done that at one time or another. Mine was "rm -fr /* filename" |
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> on a running sun box. :) during month-end processing. |
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Once would have been understandable, but I did mine twice (only once as |
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root though). It's fun to stare at the screen wondering why it's taken 5 |
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minutes to delete two hidden directories, followed by a scream of, "OH |
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SH*T!" which is immediately followed by frantically pounding ctrl-c. |
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Dr. Erik Zeek |
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Postdoctoral Research Associate |
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Department of Physics and Astronomy |
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The University of Georgia |
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Against stupidity the very gods |
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Themselves contend in vain. |
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- Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1801) |
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