Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 13:21:21 -0600 (MDT) From: Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Protection from the dreaded "rm -fr /" Message-ID: <20041002131621.T88183-100000@mxb.saturn-tech.com> In-Reply-To: <1221615358.20041002164846@andric.com>
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On Sat, 2 Oct 2004, Dimitry Andric wrote: > Of course, your work is commendable, but isn't is much simpler to just > not type commands like that? I mean, "rm -rf /etc" or "rm -rf /bin" > are just as bad, but do you really want to be checking for all > possible `bad' deletions? That way, we'll start to look like some > software from Redmond... :) There are many times where sanity checking is an absolute must, but I think it should be implemented in the shell, or a safety later of some kind in those instances where it is necessary, not in the actual workings of the system itself, IMHO. Later...... <Doug>
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