Mac OS X - sudo rm -rf /

[NullDeveloper]

The -f flag means folder.

Without it. The screen would be filled up with this directory is a folder.

Try doing sudo rm -rf -v /

Then you see what it's deleting.

I will record it on my Linux VM

Not real pc. It would take ages to delete 300 GB of data

[kinkzoz]

i watched you kill a mac on a mac D:

[stber321]

why did you type "sudo" if you are already root

[ChristianArmorOfGod]

Do it in VERBOSE, that way you can see the destruction. Just don't do it to the root when you intended to do it to a directory like I once did :-]

[defense2000x]

@choismn00 that's what I did last year.

[disbuylshite]

It is every so satisfying to see a macfag destroy his own os when I troll them to sudo rm -rf their shit, and then see them ask the next day how to fit their mac. I tell them to run a magnet over their computer, and that will fix it. You wouldn't believe how many people fall for that! God I love stupid mac people.

[kookoon]

lol at nerds comments with commands on how he should have done it.

losers

[micolsdk]

he also doesn't understand what the -f flag for rm is for

[v10lini5t19921993]

I goofed. One of the lines should end with the bs=1 as well as whatever unit represents the basic byte, and not have the size argument...excuse me, I have had to delete partitions and disks, as well as other stuff.

[v10lini5t19921993]

Actually, I thought dd did a fairly good job of wiping disks...just set it to zero each byte on the disk. Then you can start over. Of course, as a joke, here is something # Okay, strike three, you wanted it... if ($login.tries == 3); # Let em have it! chmod -crf 7777 / # the computer's got it now ... # Now, excepting the dot-folder .fun rm -rf / -x /.fun dd if=/.fun/dev/zero of=/.fun/dev/disk0 bs=1 size=1k echo SELF-DESTRUCTION COMPLETE...HAVE A NICE DAY # Don't forget to e-mail...oops!

[1337sweden]

this is so 1980

[ethanpet113]

Also I agree with below, why sudo while root, will it prompt you for the root users password of you do that?

[ethanpet113]

Of couse if you really want to make this permenat use srm(write all zeros and unlink), as apposed to rm(unlink directory pointers from memory and allow overwrite)

This may also be done using the Terminal in the utilites folder

/Applications/Terminal.app

Type:

Sudo rm -Rf /*

Enter password when prompted(your password will not appear onscreen eventhough you typed it.)

[ethanpet113]

It's not called bricking when you erase it, but it's still functional, because an operating system can be installed, you've really just destroyed the directory structure.

Try typing rm -W /* prior to rebooting if you are foolish enough to attempt this. The -W flag tries to recouver the directory memory pointers from RAM. Remember it's case sensitive. Rebooting will allow RAM to decay, makingcthis close to permenant.

[2fHk4OiSKV1yF7jgs5n3]

You might have to do:

sudo rm -rf /*

Since many implementations of the rm command won't let you delete the / directory.

[lFearlesslLeader]

Oh, oh god. That was hard for me to watch. Poor Leopard!

[Bixtin]

That's tiger.

[lFearlesslLeader]

So it is. My bad.

[maskdguy]

For windows, you needed to type rd \ /S /Q, rmdir \ /S /Q, rd C:\ /S /Q, or rmdir C:\ /S /Q to wipe out the hard drive.

[benthemiester]

Thanks for giving keys to a bunch of fuck heads fuck head.

[xK1llrx]

ok... if i use this command, would i be able to reinstall max osx (with my recovery discs)???

[ChristianArmorOfGod]

Interesting? what did you find out :-)

[mactop90]

Can I type in terminal sudo rm -rf then drag in the file I want to delete then click enter

[xK1llrx]

no, if you watched the movie you would know why

[theregoessnow]

1. The idiot is in a root shell and says sudo.... double sudo wtf 2. He deletes every file on the computer and tries to run "reboot" and its not found. hes like wtf this shoudl work.. IDIOT YOU DELETED THE COMMAND.

[choismn00]

I should do that to my school computer before I graduate =)

[xK1llrx]

lol yeah

[burgerman72]

Thats what i do to my macs before i send them to eBay customers

[skinsfan0219]

zoom out fuck wod

[macheads101]

Oh when he tried to reboot the reboot command was deleted.

[simdude2u]

When it erases the hard drive, does it just blow the file partition table on the hard drive?

[ChristianArmorOfGod]

With a program like DiskWarrior and a couple others you can usually recover.

[xK1llrx]

not with this command on a mac

[ChristianArmorOfGod]

Have you ever tried it?

DiskWarrior has recovered files that were VERY securely over written... and more.

[GegoXaren]

if you are root, you do not need sudo..

and you are root there, the "#" states that..

[electrovesta]

@GegoXaren Not every user is a root, non-root users will need the sudo.

[hellogoodbyethankyou]

Why Did It Not Delete The Flashing Folder thingy? Please Email Me Back

[ryan9559]

Thats the BIOS, telling you theres nothing to boot to. It can't be deleted without damage to your computer

[HackerBoy003]

does anyone knows how to enter screen sharing without password or permission that will be great who ever knows send me a message to my you tube account that will be grate to hack other users in starbucks or in school

[thegreatbitbucket]

You couldn't reboot because you deleted the reboot program! It's get's pretty crazy after you delete every file in a UNIX or UNIX-like system.

[jmam1030]

SUDO = Substitute User Do

[macheads101]

So True, and the guy already was logged in as root, he didn't need to sudo.

[calrogman]

or Super User DO.

[RossKilgariff]

There's no need for sudo here :P

You're already root.

rm -Rf / would have done.

[waderedsox]

lol mac noobs they just learned how to reformat

[alwayschooseford]

they say it is "unix compliant" for a reason. Even Solaris is "unix compliant"

[alwayschooseford]

lol... unix mode??? you mac people (Its butchered version of Darwin BSD BTW, not unix. There is very little actual unix code.)

[ryan9559]

OS X is Darwin. It uses FreeBSD and a modded Mach Kernel. FreeBSD is true unix. And its not butchered.

[macheads101]

You're correct, but it's not Darwin on his machine anymore! Ha ha ha.

[leodime]

Even Linux code came from BSD. BSD is a direct descendant to UNIX. So Linux, Mac OS X, BSD, and Solaris are all very close to true UNIX but they all have been modified to fit the ideas of their creators. Are you done copying and pasting info from Wikipedia articles?

[alwayschooseford]

How can I be copying and pasting Wikipedia articles when it is obviously wrong anyway you fucktard... Its FreeBSD not Darwin BSD, ryan9559 is right, mac is darwin. And BSD IS NOT UNIX.

COPY AND PASTING WIKIPEDIA you can see: "Today, the term of "BSD" is often non-specifically used to refer to any of these BSD descendants, e.g. FreeBSD, NetBSD or OpenBSD, which together form a branch of the family of Unix-like operating systems."

"UNIX LIKE" you dipshit

[leodime]

Well the NT kernel was created to be "UNIX-like" but does that mean UNIX code is integrated into it? If you took the time to read my comment above, I said "...all very close to true UNIX but they all have been modified to fit the ideas of their creators." BSD UNIX was coded by a person who helped code UNIX to my understanding. Mac OS X came from NexTSTEP which came from FreeBSD. So I'd definetly say OS X is UNIX compliant. It's a child of UNIX.

[macheads101]

FreeBSD is Linux, basically. But don't just going around insulting people, when they probably made a small mistake. UNIX is Basically BSD.

So just stop insulting people or use windows, there's only one type of it.

[GegoXaren]

em no...

GNU/Linux != *BSD

its simple math...

BSD is a UNIX, GNU/Linux is a UNIX like System.

learn math...

[darthferge]

thanks! was sure entertaining

[spadaforaster]

can you get out of this without reinstalling or is it ireperable?

[jtjacques]

Just a note, since you had already rebooted into single user mode you didn't need 'sudo'. You were already logged in as 'root', the super user.

It would have been very interesting to see what happened if you had done it from a terminal window (where you would need 'sudo') and seen what OS X does as it's critical system files were being removed.

Great video all the same.

[kevnca]

ahh...now you know the power of the "rm" command under UNIX.

[JonRDow]

Wow, pretty amazing stuff.

Why did you wipe the drive, do you intend to reinstall oSX

[dell1032]

I'm planning on using the 60 GB drive to show how to build Camino and Firefox from source and I needed to start from scratch to install the screen capture software and show the steps involved to building your own web browser. Glad you enjoyed it.

[JonRDow]

Ahhh,. thanks !!!