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I didn't say there was a problem with it; I just asked what the reason for wanting it was. > On most Linux I can rm -rf / all day long and nobody cares. So le
by chipotle_coyote 6y ago
I didn't say there was a problem with it; I just asked what the reason for wanting it was.
> On most Linux I can rm -rf / all day long and nobody cares.
So let me turn this around: Why do you think a system that doesn't make it difficult to completely destroy it with one command is a bad idea? "It's my system, I should be able to do whatever I like" is an answer, to be sure.
(N.B.: in fact, "rm -rf /" won't work without "--no-preserve-root" in most Linux distributions, AFAIK, and I presume sudo.)
- suyjuris 6y ago> Why do you think a system that doesn't make it difficult to completely destroy it with one command is a bad idea? This does not seem very charitable. It is fine if the system warns you about doing potentially dangerous operations (which --no-preserve-root amounts to) but it must not prevent you from ignoring that warning.
- 72deluxe 6y agoDOS survived perfectly fine with deltree, whereupon it was possible to delete your file system. The decision on which bits of the system I can destroy should be mine, not theirs. That's the issue. At the moment, I am getting pushed out of my machine, bit by bit. Every binary I run is getting report to Apple etc. It is also possible to destroy the system by dropping your MacBook from a very great height. Should it be padded to cope with this eventuality?
- perryizgr8 6y agoWell I make all my directories in C:/ or / just because the paths are shorter to type. That's one reason.