On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Andrew MacKenzie wrote: > +++ Robert P. J. Day [RedHat] [Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:49:29AM -0500]: > > > I am new to RED-HAT Linux but I was amazed at this behavior and can't find > > > anything on it. > > <snip> > > > if you're going to be the admin on a linux box, it's time to take > > responsibility for learning at least how basic permissions work. > I thought that was what he was doing... > > It's not like he said he just installed RH over Windows on his company > network and was amazed that rm behaved this way. Cut him a little slack.
you missed the major point of my post (as i think did others), in that this individual clearly had root privilege, and used the "rm" command in a fairly innocuous way and was amazed by the results when, in fact, "rm" did exactly what it was supposed to do. this reminded me just a little too much of the occasional post from someone who is new to linux (or red hat linux), who does operation X, and then is appalled to find out what the results of that operation actually are. it wasn't so much the content of the post, it was the insinuation that what "rm" did was amazing/unexpected/undesirable, and the posting of that amazement to a world-wide mailing list. if you plan on being an admin, it's time to at least be able to read a man page. i apologize for sounding elitist with my original post, but my sentiment is unchanged -- with great privilege comes great responsibility. like taking the time to read the docs. further than that, deponent sayeth not. rday -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
