[Veritas-bu] BPGP: dangerous command - deleted contents of /var
2001-02-09 18:02:52
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[Veritas-bu] BPGP: dangerous command - deleted contents of /var |
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Jim VandeVegt vandevegt AT yahoo DOT com |
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Fri, 9 Feb 2001 15:02:52 -0800 (PST) |
> We recently tried this command and it deleted all of the contents
> of the
> /var directory on the master server we ran it on. It gave an error
> message
> along the lines of " .... cant delete //var - device busy" (/var on
> the
> system is a separate file system; and, yes, there were two [2] /'s
> in the
> path). Care needs to be taken with working with the command.
>
> -- Tony Guzzi
Can you give the syntax that caused /var to deleted on the master
server? I'd actually like to see a full usage compliment for this
utility, however dangerous. I use it to push the exclude file to new
clients as a way to verify the client installation was successful.
The other day a co-worker deleted the /bin /symbolic link on his Sun.
I tried a couple variants to get bpgp to just recreate the symbolic
link, but ended up having to actually restore it off tape because I
ran out of options after 'bpgp to server' and couldn't get online help.
=====
Jim VandeVegt
vandevegt AT yahoo DOT com vandevegt AT avaya DOT com
http://members.xoom.com/vandevegt
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