Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 15:02:48 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1016398968.1e99ad@mired.org> To: Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports -- recursive make vs. recursive make install vs. su Message-ID: <15502.27896.44480.926251@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20020312201923.GD790@raggedclown.net> References: <15502.21329.449926.531499@guru.mired.org> <001701c1c9fa$dd588ee0$0100a8c0@jayk1> <20020312201923.GD790@raggedclown.net>
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Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> types: > The point is, that even when you are the only person who will ever use > your system, doing everything as root that you do not need to do as root > will one day, as sure as eggs is eggs, crucify you. One day you will be > logged in as root, you will be in a critical directory and you will type > "rm -rf *". Your curses will be heard unto every corner of the universe. Hmmm. You could do this: eve# rm -rf * /usr/ports/audio/dagrab zsh: sure you want to delete all the files in /usr/ports/audio/dagrab [yn]? n <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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