On 05/09/2014 08:02 AM, Jessica K. Litwin wrote: > Package: coreutils > Version: 8.13-3.5 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > In root-dev-ino.h there is logic to prevent the user from doing > (for example) 'rm -rf /' without --no-preserve-root. It doesn't > prevent the user from doing 'rm -rf /*'. I can't think of any > reason why the two should be treated differently; I humbly > suggest patching root-dev-ino.h so that rm balks if instructed > to 'rm -rf /*' without --no-preserve-root. > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 7.5
While the effect is the same, 'rm -rf /*' is a more explicit request. The 'rm -rf /' protection is really a protection against inadvertent spacing as in 'rm -rf / tmp/blah'. So this proposed additional second guessing of the user would not be viable upstream. thanks, Pádraig. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
