On 2009-02-16_10:29:02, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/16/2009 08:26 AM, Paul E Condon wrote: >> On 2009-02-15_17:26:23, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >>> On Sunday 15 February 2009 15:48:37 Ron Johnson wrote: >>>> [W]hat's to stop Joe Wannabe from doing this? >>>> >>>> $ sudo dpkg -i NakedBrittany.deb >>> What's to stop Joe Wannabe from doing this? >>> sudo rm -rf The Great American Novell / Movie >> >> Joe Wannabe needs to learn more in order to do him self real harm. >> Shouldn't it be: >> >> sudo rm -rf "The Great American Novell" > > That's the whole point. People coming from a gooey environment don't > think (about such things). > >> ? ;-) >> And, without testing it, I'm pretty sure that >> >> sudo rm -rf / >> >> is trapped and subject to special handling. At least, it should be, >> IMHO. > > I don't believe it. Show us!
Ron, why don't you try to command and see for yourself? Its easy enough to do it. I just don't have the time. Cough. Cough. And to any newbies reading this. Please let Ron do the testing. -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
