-( rum )-
    	           To avoid the madness of rm mistakes


-= Scenario 1:

# rm -rf / 
Oops! I didn't mean to... DAMN! I got distracted.
I lost all!

-= Scenario 2:

# mkdir /eternal
# rm -rf /et<TAB>
# ls: /etc: No such file or directory
Nooooooooo!

-= Scenario 3:

$ rm -r ~/
SUGAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa


Well you got it, right?
The rum patch gives you a hand.
With this patch, rm will look at /etc/rm.conf and ~/.rm.conf, it will load a
list of protected files and directories, and it will not delete them.
To force the deletion of a protected entry you must use the -ff option
(ex: rm -rff /etc).

You can cp the rm.conf you find here to /etc, read it to know the syntax.

Install rum in this way;

Get the coreutils:
$ wget http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-5.2.1.tar.bz2
$ tar xfj coreutils-5.2.1.tar.bz2

Get the patch
$ wget http://freaknet.org/alpt/src/utils/rum/files/rum-5.2.1.patch
$ wget http://freaknet.org/alpt/src/utils/rum/files/rm.conf
$ cp rum-5.2.1.patch coreutils-5.2.1/
$ cd coreutils-5.2.1/
$ patch -p1 < rum-5.2.1.patch

$ configure && make

$ su 

Copy it
# cp ../rm.conf /etc
# cd src/
# cp /bin/rm /bin/rm.bkp
# cp rm /bin/
# rm /usr/bin/rm
# ln -s /bin/rm /usr/bin/rm

# echo "Now testing..."
# /bin/rm -r /bin
# echo "Enjoy."


Ehi dude, all this code is under GPL-2, and yes, I'm not responsabile of the
damages that this code can cause to you.
Andrea Lo Pumo aka AlpT (@freaknet.org)