Re: OT - Getting fired for database oops
From: Nuno Souto <dbvision_at_iinet.net.au>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 19:46:11 +1000
Message-ID: <4A127FE3.7020700_at_iinet.net.au>
Charles Schultz wrote,on my timestamp of 19/05/2009 12:09 AM:
> alias rm 'rm –yes-i-know-i-specified-rf-and-yes-i-know-im-about-to-
> specify-the-root-directory-and-yes-i-know-im-logged-in-
> as-root-do-it-anyways'
>
> "With great power comes great responsibility".
>
> You just cannot have it two different ways. Great power and no
> responsibility only happens in Hollywood and books/movies.
>
> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 08:53, Bobak, Mark <Mark.Bobak_at_proquest.com> wrote:
>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 19:46:11 +1000
Message-ID: <4A127FE3.7020700_at_iinet.net.au>
Charles Schultz wrote,on my timestamp of 19/05/2009 12:09 AM:
> alias rm 'rm –yes-i-know-i-specified-rf-and-yes-i-know-im-about-to-
> specify-the-root-directory-and-yes-i-know-im-logged-in-
> as-root-do-it-anyways'
>
> "With great power comes great responsibility".
>
> You just cannot have it two different ways. Great power and no
> responsibility only happens in Hollywood and books/movies.
>
> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 08:53, Bobak, Mark <Mark.Bobak_at_proquest.com> wrote:
>
>> Ouch! >> >> >> >> rm –rf / ….how many ways can that one bite you? Honestly, sometimes I >> think rm needs an option like: >> >> rm –rf >> –yes-i-know-i-specified-rf-and-yes-i-know-im-about-to-specify-the-root-directory-and-yes-i-know-im-logged-in-as-root-do-it-anyways >> /
One of the reasons in our systems root has an alias defined for rm: "rm -i"
Many moons ago, when Unix was AT&T System VR2, the classic way to remove the entire file system when logged in as root was:
$rm -rf .*
It worked from ANY directory, not just / (think about it)
Then AT&T fixed that hole. Darn, no more fun....
-- Cheers Nuno Souto in rainy Sydney, Australia dbvision_at_iinet.net.au -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-lReceived on Tue May 19 2009 - 04:46:11 CDT