[ale] Never log onto your satellite as root

[Bob Toxen]

Btw, under Linux with lots of time (like a week) and fsdb, one can
on Linux recover about 90% of important files subsequent to a

     rm -rf /

I had the pleasure to do this for a client.

Also, I recommend aliasing "rm" to "rm -i" to reduce the likelihood
of this.

Further, be careful about using a GUI to nuke accounts you don't
understand.  My client didn't know what "bin" and related accounts
were so he said to nuke them.  It used to be that such system accounts
all listed "/" as the home dir.  I see that Mandrake and Slackware, at
least, now list "/bin".

Bob Toxen
Be sure to file your taxes by tomorrow so your government will have the
money to follow your wishes.

On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 02:28:09PM -0400, Jeff Lightner wrote:
> I don't get the "rm -rf /".  Was that a joke inserted by the author of
> the piece?   Every link says it was an orientation command that was
> sent.  "rm -rf /" might reorient your world view by making you look for
> a new job but it's not really an orientation command.
> 
> P.S.  Ale not as active today - ping
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Robert Reese
> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:01 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] Never log onto your satellite as root
> 
> NASA / JPL should have listened to you....
> 
> <http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-h
> uman-error-to-blame/>
> http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-hu
> man-error-to-blame/
> 
> I'll bet few here can top this one!
> 
> Cheers,
> Robert~
> 
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