Re: Skips Login Screen!

From: baskitcaise (baskitcaise_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/07/03 

Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 18:45:18 +0000

Darren wrote:

> Dickhead is a better desciption.
>
> As if I would be so stupid to try a command without looking it up first. Of
> course, other reading this or googling from the future and not part of this
> discussion may try it just to see what it does.
>
>
>
> NAME
> rm - remove files or directories
> SYNOPSIS
> rm [OPTION]... FILE...
> DESCRIPTION
> This manual page documents the GNU version of rm. rm removes each specified
> file. By default, it does not remove directories. If a file is unwritable,
> the standard input is a tty, and the -f or --force option is not given, rm
> prompts the user for whether to remove the file. If the response does not
> begin with `y' or `Y', the file is skipped.
> OPTIONS
> Remove (unlink) the FILE(s).
> -d, --directory
> unlink FILE, even if it is a non-empty directory (super-user only)
> -f, --force
> ignore nonexistent files, never prompt
> -i, --interactive
> prompt before any removal
> -r, -R, --recursive
> remove the contents of directories recursively
> -v, --verbose
> explain what is being done
> --help
> display this help and exit
> --version
> output version information and exit
>

If a newb is going to type in commands as root that they have just seen in a
post that they have not followed or read and don`t understand then they are
asking for trouble.

Would you?. 

-- 
Mark
Twixt hill and high water.
N.Wales, UK.
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