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@Alice They used to store all customer passwords in a text file in the FTP server root that you normally cannot access, however using an FTP Client in Minecraft itself had the necessary permissions.
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@PrivateGER that's some next-level security through obscurity :o
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@cascer1
But the plans were on display…”
“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”
“That’s the display department.”
“With a flashlight.”
“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”
“So had the stairs.”
“But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?”
“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.
I was doing some maintenance on a production server for a game hosting company (Minecraft hosting, for those interested). A week before, I had created a backup of an account directory before trying to solve an issue, I now wanted to remove this directory.
Since I am way too confident in my ability to not mess up, I was logged in as root.
Instead of typing `rm -rf ../` (I know using -f is a bad idea), I typed `rm -rf /`.
The distro we were using did not have any protections built in.
The directory I wanted to remove as gone, but so was the rest of the server once I realized what I had done.
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