On Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 03:10:29AM +0000, David Holland wrote: > So I just had an idea: since cleaning /tmp on a live system is very > dangerous unless done so (and even then somewhat dangerous).
There is nothing inherently dangerous in removing a directory tree. It is possible for an "attacker" to prevent the termination, but it is quite easy to ensure that it works correct. Joerg