Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:40:39 +0000 | From | viro@parcelfa ... | Subject | Re: True story: "gconfig" removed root folder... |
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On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 04:36:45PM +0200, Ozan Eren Bilgen wrote: > Hi, > > Today I downloaded 2.6.1 kernel and tried to configure it with "make > gconfig". After all changes I selected "Save As" and clicked "/root" > folder to save in. Then I clicked "OK", without giving a file name. I > expected that it opens root folder and lists contents. But this magic > configurator removed (rm -Rf) my root folder and created a file named > "root". It was a terrible experience!.. > > Please fix this. I didn't check that same problem (I even didn't launch > them) exist for other configurators then gconfig. > > I send this mail here because I guessed that the configurator is a part > of kernel.
*ugh*
gconfig behaviour aside, why on the earth are you running GUI code (_any_ GUI code) as root? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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