On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Kyle Cordes <[email protected]> wrote: > I heartily agree; what I am looking at is the difference between: > > a) it is possible to type "sudo rm -rf /" > > b) making rm default to a path of "/" and default -r -f options ON, and > include it in sudoers by default. > > > Obviously B is an awful idea, whether it's done by the tool or by the > distribution. If I was the author of rm, and I saw a distribution do > such a thing, I'd recoil in horror and go find a way to make it harder > to use my tool badly, while also begging any distro doing that to please > stop.
Ah, there's the key difference. What I would do is file a bug report calling them out for their horrible use of 'rm' while not trying to make it hard to use intentionally-added functionality. Cool, we can agree to disagree on that :-P --Paul --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
