On 2004-10-02 21:16, Michael Reifenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Exactly. Who would expect `rm -rf /` to actually succeed? It's not >> only dangerous, it doesn't work in a useful way ;-) >> >> If one is thinking about `rm -rf /`, `newfs` is probably the right >> answer. > > newfs only works if the root is not mounted because otherwise the > device is locked.
No it doesn't. You're just protected by GEOM's locking of the partition table for mounted partitions. > (Hmm is GEOM too anti foot shooting? Yes. > But can't you reenable foot-shooting via sysctl?) Not via a sysctl, but there is an ioctl to do that now: DIOCSMBR. See revision 1.14 of src/usr.sbin/boot0cfg/boot0cfg.c for an example. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
