tag 41554 + notabug
close 41554
thanks
Will Rosecrans wrote:
> Based on an inane interview question that was discussed here on Twitter:
> https://twitter.com/QuinnyPig/status/1265286980859908102
It's an interview question. The purpose of this type of question is
never a practical existing
On Mai 26 2020, Will Rosecrans wrote:
> "chmod a-x $(which chmod)" not a particularly likely thing for a user to
> try to do directly, but it is conceivable for some sort of script to
> attempt it by accident because of a bug, and it would make the system
> inconvenient to recover.
It will
On 5/26/20 6:30 PM, Will Rosecrans wrote:
> The underlying safety logic is similar to that behind the
> existing "--(no-)preserve-root"
I think not. There are all sorts of other things one shouldn't chmod either, but
we can't and shouldn't maintain a long list. Let's stop with "/".
Based on an inane interview question that was discussed here on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/QuinnyPig/status/1265286980859908102
"chmod a-x $(which chmod)" not a particularly likely thing for a user to
try to do directly, but it is conceivable for some sort of script to
attempt it by accident
