2008/1/22, Aaron Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Jan 22, 2008 6:09 AM, Jan de Groot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > It's a quite stupid protection to do in coreutils. On FreeBSD, the /
> > directory has a flag so that you can't change or delete the / itself. They
> > also do this on special system
On Dienstag, 22. Januar 2008 05:30 richard terry wrote:
Only for the stats: This warning is a good idea because that you don't need to
be root is one of the big advantages.
> I tried to compile it as myself, and it crashed at the end of the build,
> (sorry didn't keep messages), saying something
On Jan 22, 2008 6:09 AM, Jan de Groot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's a quite stupid protection to do in coreutils. On FreeBSD, the /
> directory has a flag so that you can't change or delete the / itself. They
> also do this on special system files that shouldn't be overwritten (that's
> why you
> -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:arch-general-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Thomas Bächler
> Verzonden: dinsdag 22 januari 2008 12:12
> Aan: General Discusson about Arch Linux
> Onderwerp: Re: [arch-general] makepkg running as root
>
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Le Mardi 22 Janvier 2008 12:56, Guus Snijders a écrit :
> I'm surprised that no-one seems to have checked the manpage for rm:
> http://linux.die.net/man/1/rm
>
> --no-preserve-root do not treat '/' specially (the default)
> --preserve-root
> fail to operate recursively on '/'
>
> Although i mus
2008/1/22, Thomas Bächler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Colin Pitrat schrieb:
> > Here is a proof that I was right to believe. On Ubuntu:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4fzInlyYQo
> >
> > Regards,
> > Colin Pitrat
>
> It's a recent change in coreutils 6. 'Cannot remove root directory /'.
I'm surpris
Colin Pitrat schrieb:
> Here is a proof that I was right to believe. On Ubuntu:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4fzInlyYQo
>
> Regards,
> Colin Pitrat
It's a recent change in coreutils 6. 'Cannot remove root directory /'.
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2008/1/22, Colin Pitrat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > You guys DO know that 'rm -rf /' is a harmless command that simply exits
> > with an error message? You should use 'rm -rf /*' to kill someone's
> system.
>
> You say that hoping that some of us will try 'rm -rf /' ?
>
> By the way, I fear 'rm -rf
Hi,
'rm -rf /' works on debian and debian like systems. I tried it in a
virtual machine. I used Debian for 4 years before I moved to arch two
weeks ago.
I find the fakeroot a good security wall. A always use it.
Tom Kanocz, Slovakia
Colin Pitrat wrote:
> You guys DO know that 'rm -rf /' is
Here is a proof that I was right to believe. On Ubuntu:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4fzInlyYQo
Regards,
Colin Pitrat
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> You guys DO know that 'rm -rf /' is a harmless command that simply exits
> with an error message? You should use 'rm -rf /*' to kill someone's
system.
You say that hoping that some of us will try 'rm -rf /' ?
By the way, I fear 'rm -rf ~' as standard user as much as I fear 'rm -rf
/' as root
On Jan 22, 2008 2:30 AM, richard terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:42:10 pm you wrote:
> > On Jan 21, 2008 9:33 PM, richard terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Sometimes I build packages from AUR, and (obviously wrongly), do this as
> > > root.
> > >
> > > Today I got thi
Jan de Groot schrieb:
>> Just think of what this would do as root in a PKGBUILD:
>>
>> build() {
>> echo "You've been pwned!!!"
>> rm -rf /
>> }
>>
>
> Be sure to check .install files too. They can also contain rm -rf / in
> post_install, those are executed by root when you install the packag
> -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:arch-general-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Dan McGee
> Verzonden: dinsdag 22 januari 2008 4:52
> Aan: General Discusson about Arch Linux
> Onderwerp: Re: [arch-general] makepkg running as root
>
> Just thi
"Dan McGee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Just think of what this would do as root in a PKGBUILD:
>
> build() {
> echo "You've been pwned!!!"
> rm -rf /
> }
This is the reason why I always take a look into a PGKBUILD before makepkging
it (as user of course!).
--
Gruß, Johannes
Täglich http://blog.h
On Jan 21, 2008 9:42 PM, Aaron Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Jan 21, 2008 9:33 PM, richard terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Sometimes I build packages from AUR, and (obviously wrongly), do this as
> > root.
> >
> > Today I got this message:
> >
> > ==> ERROR: Running makepkg as roo
On Jan 21, 2008 9:33 PM, richard terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sometimes I build packages from AUR, and (obviously wrongly), do this as root.
>
> Today I got this message:
>
> ==> ERROR: Running makepkg as root is a BAD idea and can cause
> permanent, catastrophic damage to your system. If
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