[PLUG] Everything you wanted to know about Linux security and aren't afraid to ask (was: Linux /Windows virus appears)

[Anthony Schlemmer]

Trust me...if you blow away your home directory and potentially lose a 
months worth of work and have to fret about telling your manager why 
the schedule may slide a whole month makes you that diligent. Again the 
only thing that saved my butt was our excellent SA that setup our 
server to do nightly backups of our home directories and Clearcase 
views.

Tony

On Monday 10 June 2002 04:07 am, Felix Lee wrote:
> Anthony Schlemmer <aschlemm at attbi.com>:
> > A check of "alias rm" tells me if "rm" is aliased or not. All I can
> > say is a mistake like this really sticks with me and I plan on
> > never repeating it. I am not trained into thinking that "rm" is
> > always aliased to "rm -i". Before doing any large directory
> > cleanups I check what "rm" I am using and I make sure I specify the
> > directory names and don't use any wildcard characters.
>
> Are you always that diligent with everything?  I know I'm
> not.  Since you did slip up once before, it seems plausible
> you may slip up again.  And it sounds to me like all the
> steps you're going through is a lot more work than just
> typing "rm -i" all the time.  I have periodic backups for
> the big mistakes, and I type "rm -i" when I'm feeling unsure
> of my competence.
>
> Really, I'm arguing this because it annoys me to no end when
> I sit down in front of someone else's shell and type "rm"
> and get "rm -i" instead.  "unalias rm" is often the second
> or third command I type.
>
> And there's no rm option that will undo the -i option.
> "rm -i -f" is not the same as just "rm".

-- 
Anthony Schlemmer
aschlemm at attbi.com