> -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Zeek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 3:11 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Alternative to netkit-telnetd > > On Tue April 25 2006 14:46, John Jolet wrote: > > > I find that "rm -rf .*" works wonders for security. > > > > Now guys, someone new is going to try one of these! :) And we all > > know we've done that at one time or another. Mine was "rm > -fr /* filename" > > on a running sun box. :) during month-end processing. > > Once would have been understandable, but I did mine twice > (only once as root though). It's fun to stare at the screen > wondering why it's taken 5 minutes to delete two hidden > directories, followed by a scream of, "OH SH*T!" which is > immediately followed by frantically pounding ctrl-c. > > -- > ******************************************* > Dr. Erik Zeek > Postdoctoral Research Associate > Department of Physics and Astronomy > The University of Georgia > Athens, GA 30602-2451 > > Tel: 706-542-7293 > Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Html: http://www.physast.uga.edu/~zeekec > ******************************************* > Against stupidity the very gods > Themselves contend in vain. > - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1801) > ******************************************* >
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