On Jul 20, 2007, at 11:34 AM, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 11:23:50AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote:
On Jul 20, 2007, at 11:19 AM, stuseven wrote:
well... since I dont have internet on my linux, I have
always considered it safe to run as root... this is a
first possible example of why that could be dangerous.
As lessons go, this is a fairly cheap one. My introduction to why I
shouldn't be running as root happened when I accidentally did 'rm -
rf /usr'
on one of my first Linux systems.
I once did rm -rf /etc /cups instead of rm -rf /etc/cups.
man that was ugly.
I now always double check and hesitate nervously before pressing
enter...
rm is like a table saw. rm with the "-f" switch is like a table saw
with the blade guard removed. Sometimes you have to use it that way,
but you'd better be extra-careful or you'll cut your fingers off. :)
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