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Subject: Re: [9fans] First-timer help
From: Charles Forsyth <forsyth@terzarima.net>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 00:17:10 +0100
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>>So when I'm not around and somebody decides to boot the computer and 
>>delete all my files, that's just okay then?

they could anyway, at least with Linux.  (boot the installation/recovery
CD and get a root shell.  even without the shell, at the very least all
the ones i've used recently allow me to wipe an existing installation
and replace it with a  new one.  i enjoy that.)