Ser Olmy |
05-17-2012 02:29 PM |
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Originally Posted by 273
(Post 4681149)
Yes, Oct 31, 2007 isn't really "modern" is it? If that is real I am surprised it took them as long as it did to protect against this.
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I would argue that the "protection" isn't really the right solution to the problem, as you're not supposed to do system administration such as file management as root. And you're not supposed to store important data on systems that aren't backed up properly on a regular basis.
The command line contains a staggering amount of potentially deadly traps for an inexperienced user to fall into. For instance, imagine something as mundane as copying or moving all files in a directory to a different location with cp * ../newdir or mv * ../newdir. Now leave out the "../newdir" part by pressing Enter too soon. Ouch. (In the latter case, probably something slightly stronger.)
Granted, I see few valid uses for a recursive rm in /, but still.
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