Re: OT - Getting fired for database oops

  • From: Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 09:29:20 -0700

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:53 AM, Bobak, Mark <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>  rm –rf /   ….how many ways can that one bite you?  Honestly, sometimes I
> think rm needs an option like:
>
> rm –rf
> –yes-i-know-i-specified-rf-and-yes-i-know-im-about-to-specify-the-root-directory-and-yes-i-know-im-logged-in-as-root-do-it-anyways
> /
>
> easily mitigated by 'touch -- -i' in key directories, such as '/'

Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist

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