RE: [LIH] rm -rf /

["Ramasubramanian, Suresh" <sureshr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You forgot to add "logged in as root" :)

Suresh Ramasubramanian   sureshr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Binand Raj S. [SMTP:binand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Tuesday, April 25, 2000 1:38 PM
> To:	linux-india-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:	[LIH] rm -rf /
> 
> Devdas Bhagat forced the electrons to say:
> > login as root and type this
> > # cd /;rm -rf *
> 
> Once upon a time, someone (an obvious spammer) asked on comp.mail.pine
> how to send thousands of emails at the same time. One very kind soul
> gave the answer as exactly above.  The explanation given was,
> 
> rm  = random mail
> -rf = really fast!
> *   = Find all addresses from all files on the computer (look around in
>       network if necessary).
> 
> Binand
> 
>