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On 09/03/2013 03:17, Νίκος Γκρ33κ wrote:
> Τη Σάββατο, 9 Μαρτίου 2013 2:18:42 π.μ. UTC+2, ο χρήστης Ian έγραψε:
>
>> So the -c is an option to Python.  It means that instead of reading a
>> script, Python should run commands passed on the command line in the
>> next argument.  That's the ''.  It's empty, so what this instructs
>> Python is to do nothing at all.
>> The second command in this shell script is "rm -rf /".  I assume you
>> know what that would do.
>
> Thank you for explaining but i'am not sure i ahve understand this part.
> Can you please elaborate more?
>

I confess to knowing very little about *nix commands, but I believe the 
second command referenced above does something like delete everything on 
your hard drive.  Not that this is a problem as your improved security 
ensures that this can't happen, doesn't it?

-- 
Cheers.

Mark Lawrence