gksudo potentially very insecure

Michael Beattie mtbeedee at gmail.com
Tue Jul 5 00:08:25 UTC 2005


> Instead, I'd suggest setting up aliases with different names, so "alias
> srm='rm -i'" (safe rm) or whatever you want to call them. That way, when
> you're using that friend's machine one day, you'll get "command not
> found" instead of accidentally removing a bunch of files.
> 

nitpick: 

srm = secure rm on such systems as OSX and anyone using this software
http://srm.sourceforge.net/




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