How secure is Preupgrade? Answer: Not.

Tim ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au
Fri May 23 06:36:04 UTC 2008


Björn Persson:
>> rm -rf /boot/upgrade /var/cache/yum/anaconda-upgrade
>> 
>> Be careful with that command! 

Beartooth Sciurivore:
> Don't I know it! So, to make assurance doubly sure : as root? And 
> being in what directory when I do?

Well, only root is going to be allowed to work on files in those
locations.  And it won't matter where you currently are, as those are
full file paths (ones starting from /) specified above.

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