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From: Chris Cox on 25 Jun 2010 13:59 On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 11:04 -0500, mjt wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:49:23 -0500 > Chris Cox <chrisncoxn(a)endlessnow.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 05:04 +0200, houghi wrote: > > > So dare you do it. :-) > > > I did: http://houghi.org/movie/index.php?movie=sc_350ZSG9 > > > > Next time try: > > > > cat /dev/zero >/dev/sda > > And for those lucky enough to not have a > SCSI/SATA(USB) drive, will be unaffected :) > There are those VERY rare circumstances. I'll admit, I used HP server, so mine are really /dev/cciss/* But you get the idea... If this is an el cheapo desktop and you don't have /dev/sda, there's nothing lucky about your config.
From: Tosspot on 25 Jun 2010 14:18 On 25/06/10 11:51, houghi wrote: > houghi wrote: >> So dare you do it. :-) >> I did: http://houghi.org/movie/index.php?movie=sc_350ZSG9 > > No reactions, so I guess y'all tried it. :-D <shuffles feet> cd /tmp rm -rf ./* > I must admid I did not do it on my main machine, but on a VirtualBox > image. Work Solaris machine.
From: Rob on 25 Jun 2010 14:20 houghi <houghi(a)houghi.org.invalid> wrote: > mjt wrote: >> That should have only affected the /etc directory itself >> and not any files within - all you would have had to do >> was the reverse: "chmod +x /etc" ... or chown ... > > Well, it was a time ago and part of the system still worked, but not > all. Could be that it was with the -r option. And reversing stuff, that > is not as easy as you think. > > Now I think it was /etc, but it could have been /bin or whatever. Thing > is I did something stupid and the recovery saved my day. > > Doing random chmod or chowns will not be very healthy for your system. But of course it does not come close to what restoring a backup can do to it! (not important of course when it is you hobby workstation that you use only to learn a bit about Linux)
From: J G Miller on 25 Jun 2010 14:37 On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:49:23 -0500, Chris Cox wrote: > Next time try: > > cat /dev/zero >/dev/sda The fastest way to render a system unusable is to move or remove libc.so rm -f /lib/libc.so.6
From: Christoph Schmees on 25 Jun 2010 14:51
houghi schrieb: > houghi wrote: >> So dare you do it. :-) >> I did: http://houghi.org/movie/index.php?movie=sc_350ZSG9 > > No reactions, so I guess y'all tried it. :-D > > I must admid I did not do it on my main machine, but on a VirtualBox > image. > uh, you faintheart 8-] Christoph -- email: nurfuerspam -> gmx de -> net |