Re: Now We Are Rollin'
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- Subject: Re: Now We Are Rollin'
- From: Paul Morgan <paulswm@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 12:12:59 -0500
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On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 21:18:38 -0500, Paul Smith wrote:
>
> Heh. The only time I ever screwed up a UNIX box (and I've been using
> UNIX for a _LONG_ time), it was actually because of Linux.
>
Me too. Where the heck's /etc/bin gone? :)
>
> Of course, to write the image to the floppy from a SunOS box you'd use
> dd to write to /dev/fd0. Well, one time I mistyped that as /dev/hd0
> instead. My system didn't like that too much _AT ALL_. :-/ :).
OK, you have definitely got me beat :>
Which just goes to show that you don't need to be dumb or inexperienced to
screw up a system. All you need is the root password and enough time.
Logging in as root is (as is pointer arithmetic in C) like giving a small
child a loaded gun. Sooner or later it's going to go off, and
someone is probably going to get hurt :)
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