Ingemar Nilsson wrote:
Robin Laing <Robin.Laing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
We have all made stupid mistakes like the
time I typed in rm -rf * in /root some years ago. Oops.
That shouldn't be so bad, since /root is the home directory of the root
user. Usually, it mostly contains an install log and a kickstart file
generated on install.
But I guess you actually meant rm -rf * in /.
Regards
Ingemar
No, it was the /root directory that I deleted. At that time, I was
doing some system changes and I some original and the backup files in
the /root directory. As well as some old admin scripts that I had been
using for years.
I was trying to delete some files in a directory that had different
owners and permissions so "su" was the only way to do it quickly. I
typed in "su -" and just forgot that it took me to /root directory. Ouch.
Mistakes happen.
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