On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 11:23 PM <cho...@jtan.com> wrote: > > Frank Beuth writes: > > On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 11:54:18AM +0100, cho...@jtan.com wrote: > > >Virtualisation is not a panacea. I have managed to achieve data loss > > >through destructi > > ve actions taken within a "safe" virtualised sandbox. > > > > How did you manage that feat? > > Basically assuming "safe" then taking actions to subvert that, namely > mounting an SMB share within the VM. rm(1) does not discriminate. My own > fault obviously but it's notable that the "virtual environment == safe" > assumption was shattered so effectively, so easily, and by actions which in > most circumstances would be benign. >
Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. Only in my case it was a mounted VFAT volume in my home directory. Oops. Praise the programmer for undelete. -- Aaron Mason - Programmer, open source addict I've taken my software vows - for beta or for worse
