Package: e2fsprogs
Version: 1.41.12-2
Severity: critical
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Hello,
I wanted very quickly to know number of used/free inodes in my root ext4
fs and tried "sudo fsck /dev/sda1", where /dev/sda1 was mounted root fs.
I expected result something like:
1) /dev/sda1: clean, 14884540/14884864 files [...]
2) or readonly check and statistics displayed when finished
3) or failure because the fs is mounted
Now I know this was bad idea (especially sudo) but that time I thought
it is safe and if it will not work I find another solution - I was in a
hurry and short thinking. I saw a big fat warning about severe
filesystem damage if I will continue and so I opened fsck man page in
other terminal and found desired -nf options. I switched back and press
the up arrow key to make command corrections. I forgot I did not cancel
the confirmation prompt, and the up key was interpreted as: Yes,
continue and cause severe damage to my root fs :).
I admit this was caused by my stupidity, but interpreting the up key as
positive answer to this very dangerous confirmation question is IMO
serious bug.
This bug appears only with cs_CZ locale as in Czech language there is
(a/n) instead of English (y/n). The up arrow key is interpreted as 'a'
answer for unknown reason. Maybe is it interpreted as a 'A' because the
up key produces ^[[A sequence if I press ctrl+V <up arrow key>?
Sorry if you feel critical severity is too high for this bug, I just
follow reportbug-ng hints about bug severities (this bug may cause
severe data damage).
Cheers, Petr
--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686
Debian Release: 6.0.1
990 stable ftp.cz.debian.org
500 squeeze-updates ftp.cz.debian.org
500 proposed-updates ftp.cz.debian.org
--- Package information. ---
Package's Depends field is empty.
Package's Recommends field is empty.
Suggests (Version) | Installed
============================-+-===========
gpart |
parted |
e2fsck-static |
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S pozdravem,
Petr Gajdůšek
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