Re: [LIH] what is this meaning

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

* Binand Raj S. [linux-india] <13/06/01 10:10 +0530>:
> 
> >>>>> "sreangsu" == sreangsu acharyya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
>     sreangsu> it could be put in rc.local though.
> 
> Security issues. One has to be very careful about doing something like that.
> I guess you are suggesting something like:
> find /tmp | xargs rm -rf
> which can cause quite a lot of havoc, I assure you.
 
 Especially in certain 'nixen where partitions are mounted under /tmp ...
 I do remember seeing a sysadmin horror story page.  This was a recurring
 theme there ...

        -suresh

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Suresh Ramasubramanian  <-->  mallet <at> efn <dot> org
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