Messages in this thread | | | From | aem@netcom ... | Subject | Re: hardlinks.... sucks... ;-( | Date | Tue, 30 Dec 1997 19:11:19 -0500 (EST) |
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> Hmm... does ANY other program than chown have this kinda problems with -R ? ;) > ... IMHO programs should deny root from doing obviously stupid things...
No way. Root can _always_ shoot him/herself in the foot. That is the great order of things. Don't mess with mother nature :-)
Shall we protect against 'rm -r / tmp/*' too? :-) I've seen clowns do this obviously stupid move too.
> So why not start a holy crusade to get rid of chown:s that do -R ? ;)
Err...you mean clowns, right? ;-)
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@netcom.ca
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