Re: security (malware) issues in Linux bases OSes

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 02/16/2009 06:11 PM, Paul E Condon wrote:
> On 2009-02-16_10:29:02, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On 02/16/2009 08:26 AM, Paul E Condon wrote:
> > > On 2009-02-15_17:26:23, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> > > > On Sunday 15 February 2009 15:48:37 Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > > > [W]hat's to stop Joe Wannabe from doing this?
> > > > >
> > > > >      $ sudo dpkg -i NakedBrittany.deb
> > > > What's to stop Joe Wannabe from doing this?
> > > > sudo rm -rf The Great American Novell / Movie
> > > Joe Wannabe needs to learn more in order to do him self real harm.
> > > Shouldn't it be:
> > >
> > > sudo rm -rf "The Great American Novell"
> > That's the whole point.  People coming from a gooey environment don't 
> > think (about such things).
> >
> > > ? ;-)
> > > And, without testing it, I'm pretty sure that
> > >
> > > sudo rm -rf / 
> > >
> > > is trapped and subject to special handling. At least, it should be,
> > > IMHO.
> > I don't believe it.  Show us!
>
> Ron, why don't you try to command and see for yourself? Its easy
> enough to do it.  I just don't have the time. Cough. Cough.

Boyd(?) asserted the statement, Boyd gets to try it out...

> And to any newbies reading this. Please let Ron do the testing.


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