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dd: add root partition checks/confirmation

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From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: 24217 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24217: dd - root partition security
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 00:29:00 -0600

retitle 24217 dd: add root partition checks/confirmation
severity 24217 wishlist
tags 24217 wontfix
close 24217
stop

(triaging old bugs)

On 2016-08-13 8:15 a.m., Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 13/08/16 12:34, David Hedlund wrote:
>> rm / # do not remove root partition
>> rm -f / will remove root partition
>>
>> In my opinion:
>>
>> dd of=/dev/sda # will destroy sda even if it is a root partition, it
>> should not
>> dd -f of=/dev/sda # -f flag do not exists for dd, it should be added so
>> it can force a write if the previous step is implemented
> 
> Since dd is a lower level and much less widely/frequently used tool,
> I don't think it's warranted.

With no further comments in 2 years,
I'm closing this bug.
Discussion can continue by replying to this thread.

-assaf

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