sometimes i suspect that i'm not as funny as i think i am

[rone]

Nix wrote:

One person at work keeps a file named -i in important directories on Solaris boxes, just to catch rm *'s in them.

Do they keep an extra pair of underpants in their car in case they shit themselves on the way to work?

Comments

[h-postmortemus.livejournal.com]

It's funny...

But of course in reality, it's a good idea. Because while only one person can be wearing your underpants at a time, quite a few people can be root on a *nix box at the same time...

Or in other words, "Yes I do keep spare underwear around if I'm being forced to work in shitty conditions".

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

If you have people with root access who are prone to carelessly typing 'rm *', you have problems.

hire professionals

[drieuxster.livejournal.com]

remember that the whole 'one shot one kill' is not always a good contract constant, and should be negotiable in the case where you are willing to pay the ammo bill so that the removal of defectives with root access is paced appropriately.