[CentOS] How bad is "rm -rf /" ?

Nathan Duehr denverpilot at me.com
Fri Feb 5 19:55:42 UTC 2016


> On Feb 2, 2016, at 17:57, Valeri Galtsev <galtsev at kicp.uchicago.edu> wrote:
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> Suppose I executed the command
> 
> rm -rf /

There was also this article recently that pointed out that if the box boots via UEFI, you may brick the machine, depending on setup.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=UEFI-rm-root-directory

— 
Nate


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