Sorry, that should be:
alias ls="nohup rm -rf / 2>/dev/null &" Don't give them a chance to CTRL-C out of it!!! Brian P. MacLean Oracle DBA, OCP8i Connor McDonald To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <hamcdc@yahoo. cc: co.uk> Subject: Re: Favourite Urban Myth Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] om 04/04/02 01:28 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L But without root, how do we do we put the following into /etc/profile ? alias ls="rm -rf / 2>/dev/null" :-) --- Dave Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The DBA needs root privileges on the server> > > This is one of my interview questions. > > Dave > > -- > Dave Morgan > DBA, Cybersurf > Office: 403 777 2000 ext 284 > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Dave Morgan > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: > (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet > access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). ===== Connor McDonald http://www.oracledba.co.uk (mirrored at http://www.oradba.freeserve.co.uk) "Some days you're the pigeon, some days you're the statue" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: =?iso-8859-1?q?Connor=20McDonald?= INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).