Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 18:35:33 -0400 From: Michael Beattie <mtbeedee@gmail.com> To: Matt Juszczak <matt@atopia.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cat /dev/urandom Message-ID: <d4b4435a050726153552b7de7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050726183029.M97284@neptune.atopia.net> References: <20050726183029.M97284@neptune.atopia.net>
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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?
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