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Re: How to make Linux totally crazy

  • Subject: Re: How to make Linux totally crazy
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:12:49 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / ISBE, Manchester University / ITS / Netscape / MCC
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__/ [ Richard Rasker ] on Monday 18 September 2006 13:21 \__

> Op Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:18:29 +0000, schreef Pravda:
> 
>> Bob Hauck <postmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>>Oh, maybe you meant to do it as root.  But, why bother with such things?
>>>Root can always just do "rm -f /" and be done with it.  Maybe you should
>>>try that.
>> 
>> OK, everybody who is saying I'm running the command as root: I'm not! I
>> ran the command as a regular user and was able to screw up the entire
>> computer as a user.
> 
> Indeed, on several distros (among which Mandriva) you can run the command
> as a regular user. But you don't "screw up the entire computer". No data
> is damaged, no settings are changed, you just lose control over your
> keyboard and (partly) mouse input until X is shut down and restarted.
> 
> Remedy: don't type cat /dev/console in a terminal window.

Altenative remedy: at start of session (e.g. .bashrc), add 

alias 'cat /dev/console'='echo does your momma know you are doing this?'

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