Comments on: Dumb and dumber root commands http://www.stratos.me/2009/02/dumb-and-dumber-root-commands/ Just writing what hits my mind! Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:34:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: stratosg http://www.stratos.me/2009/02/dumb-and-dumber-root-commands/comment-page-1/#comment-1659 stratosg Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:32:33 +0000 http://www.stratos.me/?p=571#comment-1659 @Ranjeet: I agree and you see it's not only novice users but just about everyone... As for the blank passwd if you logout then your are busted... The only way you can save the file is booting with a live cd and see if you can copy the live cd's passwd. Still it's gonna be a patchwork... @Ranjeet: I agree and you see it’s not only novice users but just about everyone… As for the blank passwd if you logout then your are busted… The only way you can save the file is booting with a live cd and see if you can copy the live cd’s passwd. Still it’s gonna be a patchwork…

]]> By: Ranjeet Walunj http://www.stratos.me/2009/02/dumb-and-dumber-root-commands/comment-page-1/#comment-1650 Ranjeet Walunj Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:27:46 +0000 http://www.stratos.me/?p=571#comment-1650 stupidity of users as in :--- stupid actions by certain users ..... running any command without understanding the outcomes is nothing but stupid action .... stupidity of users as in :— stupid actions by certain users ….. running any command without understanding the outcomes is nothing but stupid action ….

]]> By: Ranjeet Walunj http://www.stratos.me/2009/02/dumb-and-dumber-root-commands/comment-page-1/#comment-1649 Ranjeet Walunj Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:16:47 +0000 http://www.stratos.me/?p=571#comment-1649 nothing beats the stupidity of users ... however secure/strong ur systems are ... i think these days if someone overwrites /etc/passwd or blanks it accidently ... it should be fine ... as passwords are stored in /etc/shadow the only task required would be re-creating /etc/passwd but your article drives the point well :-) nothing beats the stupidity of users … however secure/strong ur systems are …

i think these days if someone overwrites /etc/passwd or blanks it accidently … it should be fine … as passwords are stored in /etc/shadow

the only task required would be re-creating /etc/passwd

but your article drives the point well :-)

]]> By: stratosg http://www.stratos.me/2009/02/dumb-and-dumber-root-commands/comment-page-1/#comment-1565 stratosg Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:02:40 +0000 http://www.stratos.me/?p=571#comment-1565 @Kim: I am glad you could follow because these are funny now that are not critical... As for your video this is a horrible situation but at the same time funny :) @Kim: I am glad you could follow because these are funny now that are not critical… As for your video this is a horrible situation but at the same time funny :)

]]> By: Kim Woodbridge http://www.stratos.me/2009/02/dumb-and-dumber-root-commands/comment-page-1/#comment-1564 Kim Woodbridge Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:19:53 +0000 http://www.stratos.me/?p=571#comment-1564 I don't know I missed this article before ... it's funny but it must have been horrible when these things happened. You also explained each situation really well - I didn't fully understand what was wrong with what the user was doing but your explanation helped me follow it. One time I was trying to connect my tv to my video card using the s video. Everything was connected properly and the tv was recognized as the 2nd display but nothing would show up on the television screen. While playing with the settings I changed the tv to the primary rather than secondary display. Of course, I couldn't change it back because I couldn't see anything on a blank screen :-) I had to pull out the video card and reset it in order for things to go back to the way they were. I don’t know I missed this article before … it’s funny but it must have been horrible when these things happened. You also explained each situation really well – I didn’t fully understand what was wrong with what the user was doing but your explanation helped me follow it.

One time I was trying to connect my tv to my video card using the s video. Everything was connected properly and the tv was recognized as the 2nd display but nothing would show up on the television screen. While playing with the settings I changed the tv to the primary rather than secondary display. Of course, I couldn’t change it back because I couldn’t see anything on a blank screen :-) I had to pull out the video card and reset it in order for things to go back to the way they were.

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