__/ [ 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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