Man, can i have what ever you two are smoking?! :) Mensahe ni Dean Michael Berris... > Hi sir ariz, > > On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 17:27, Ariz Jacinto wrote: >> how would you make your linux workstation perform its self-destruct >> sequence? >> > > you could map it to a three finger salute type of operation. :D > >> >> for example, a script that will commit codes to CVS, backup personal >> data to a separate HDD, etc. while displaying a sequence on PNG images >> using FBI and playing mp3s before deleting everything... >> > > it should be doable. since you could map your keystrokes to do certain > things (ctrl+alt+del is mapped in inittab IIRC) > > <taken from="/etc/inittab" distro="slackware 9.0"> > # What to do at the "Three Finger Salute". > ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t5 -r now > </taken> > > or perhaps when you sense that the feds are coming, a simple > ctrl+alt+SysRq would do the flushing the hard drive clean, and saving > non-circumstancial evidence like personal documents onto another hard > drive would be nice. a script could be done to do this, and i'm sure > mapping it in /etc/inittab would be neat. ;) > > if i were to implement a script, what i'd do is tar-bzip my home dir and > then save it somewhere else, then flush the partition clean -- something > like dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/<my root partition>. most of what i need > would be in my home directory anyway, if and when i have to reconstruct > my linux box again from invoking the self destruct sequence. :) > > -- > -=[mikhail]=- > <info> > <alias>Dean Michael C. Berris</alias> > <contact> > <phone type=home>+63 49 5680142</phone> > <phone type=mobile>+63 919 8720686</phone> > </contact> > <web type="homepage">http://free.net.ph/Members/mikhailberis</web> <web > type="blog">http://mikhailberis.blogspot.com</web> > <misc id="yahoo_id">mikhailberis</misc> > <misc id="gpg key">08AE6EAC</misc> > </info> > > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.12 > GCS d- s:+ a--- C++ UL++ P+ L+++ E- W+ N* o K w-- > O---- M- V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t+ 5 X+ R+ tv+ b++ DI+ D+ > G e h! r+ y+ > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
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