Package: coreutils Version: 8.13-3.5 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
In root-dev-ino.h there is logic to prevent the user from doing (for example) 'rm -rf /' without --no-preserve-root. It doesn't prevent the user from doing 'rm -rf /*'. I can't think of any reason why the two should be treated differently; I humbly suggest patching root-dev-ino.h so that rm balks if instructed to 'rm -rf /*' without --no-preserve-root. -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.5 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages coreutils depends on: ii dpkg 1.16.12 ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-10 ii libacl1 2.2.51-8 ii libattr1 1:2.4.46-8 ii libc6 2.13-38+deb7u1 ii libselinux1 2.1.9-5 coreutils recommends no packages. coreutils suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
