[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Death Command?

[Eric Waguespack]

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Fred Hensley <fred at bereanservices.com> wrote:
> It might be a permissions problem requiring root elevation, which we
> normally consider to be a v-e-r-y good thing... :)
>
> Depending upon your installed linux distribution, you might try
> something like this:
>
> sudo rm -rf /    <---- For Ubuntu
>
> Please don't feel bad if no one on the list really wants to actually
> test this solution for you.. :)
>

I have done the rm -rf / command before, (on purpose) and you get a
lot of errors (but it works well enough to mess up your system)

this does however work quite well
# sudo shred /dev/sda