On Sunday 25 July 2010 18:40:19 frantisek holop wrote: > hmm, on Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:12:32AM +0200, David Vasek said that > > > It is not what happened. The -t msdos was forced by you. But you > > ah shit. you are right :] > > and it worked because ffs does not overwrite the beginning > of the partition. > > i misinterpreted what happened, > but this is still a problem, right? :] > > -f
It's a "problem" in that something bad happened, but that is because of an operator error. In particular a root operator error: being root has the potential for unlimited error. There is no fix or check for "rm -rf /", is there. I've not looked at the code so I can't intelligently comment on what checks you can or cannot do, but the fundamental issue is that root has to be aware of every command entered, and must be prepared to fix *anything*. An OS cannot prevent you from most problems. Well, Windows tries, but look at what it feel like to use it... -- STeve Andre' Disease Control Warden Dept. of Political Science Michigan State University A day without Windows is like a day without a nuclear incident.
