RE: Adding disk firmware programming capability to camcontrol


>> The linux hdparm program is so paranoid about this that you have to =
use=20
>> extra arguments like "--yes-really-destroy-my-disk-drive" to do this.
>
>I concur. Loudly.  The ability to brick your hardware is just too
>large to not make people go through the "I tell you three times"
>dance.  It's not like people will do this often enough that the
>pain will be fatal.  And if it is, they ought to be bright enough to
>know how to automate the process.
>
>--lyndon

Hi Lyndon and group,=20

	I tend to disagree that there should be such argument antics
employed to protect an operation such as this. Being root should be the =
only
protection needed (of course, that's only my opinion). I don=92t want to =
have
to look up in a man page what magic token I need to add to prove to the
utility that I understand the consequences of what I am about to do. I
personally wouldn't mind a simple "Are you sure?" if the magic token is =
not
added on the command line, however.=20

	To me, the only difference between borking a drive because of bad
firmware and typing "rm -rf *" from root is about =A340.  You still lose =
at
least a day rebuilding/restoring everything.

IMHO
Peg

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