Had a /bin directory in my home directory for binary downloads. As root I decided to delete the directory and every thing inside it, except a little finger error and I enetered:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] rm -rf /bin Man it was fast. Well we live and learn. Almost the fastest way to destroy your machine. Regards Steve Cox -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rob Blomquist Sent: Tuesday 10 June 2003 06:32 To: Expert Subject: [expert] Dumbest thing you have ever done as Root? Well, I was trying to correct a few weird permission faults today in my mp3 server, when I sent a chmod -R 666 * at my home directory. It knocked out my KDE Desktop, and probably several other things, but luckily I killed it quick! One other time, I pointed a chmod -R at another folder, and everytime I loaded KDE, it took much longer than before. Thank god that one is in my past. So, what's the dumbest thing you have done? -- Linux: For the people, by the people.
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