Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 18:32:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Matt Juszczak <matt@atopia.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: cat /dev/urandom Message-ID: <20050726183029.M97284@neptune.atopia.net>
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Hi all, Quick question. shell# cat /dev/urandom can that executed as root cause any harm to the system? What if a random sequence of `rm *` was generated... would it be executed? 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`.... Just curious.... Thanks, Matt
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