[ale] Never log onto your satellite as root

[Robert Reese]

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On 4/16/2007 at 2:28 PM Jeff Lightner wrote:

>I don't get the "rm -rf /".  Was that a joke inserted by the author of
>the piece?   Every link says it was an orientation command that was
>sent.  "rm -rf /" might reorient your world view by making you look for
>a new job but it's not really an orientation command.

Must be a joke, as I can't find any mention anywhere else of a specific command being sent.  Even the official press release says nothing about it.  A Google news search adding +command +rm reveals exactly one result: Engadget's report.

Bummer.  Would have been a great lesson were it true.  :(

R~

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