Why most run Microsoft, not RedHat

[Robin Laing]

Ingemar Nilsson wrote:
> Robin Laing <Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca> 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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