On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 05:35:46PM +1200, Don Gould wrote: > Why shouldn't I compile as root?
Why shouldn't you run the commands below as root?
# rm -rf -- /
# for x in /dev/[hs]d*; do (dd if=/dev/zero of=$x bs=1024 count=10K &); done
But seriously, if you care about system integrity or security, don't do
things as root if it can be avoided--which it usually can.
Cheers,
-mjg
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