And even if it had worked, aren't you already breaking your first two rules? :)

The whole point was that I only realized these guidelines (maybe "rule of thumb" sounds too much like an edict to some people) after I was convinced that this person had just deleted their root filesystem.

Besides, your example wouldn't have worked. rm would have balked at the -c.

The -c was a switch to the adduser command, not to the rm command, if you reread the original code.

You're right, my whole post can probably be boiled down to "be careful." I didn't intend to say "never make a joke," I intended to say, "don't make a joke if you Know it may cause irreversible harm to someone." There are lines that can be drawn between acceptable and unacceptable behavior, though they aren't always very clear. I believe I may have crossed the line in this case.

Alan

In reply to Re: Re: "Don't try this at home" by ferrency
in thread "Don't try this at home" by ferrency

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