[Ives]

I did something similar. I moved some files around between a university computer and an SFTP mount (mounted through the ubuntu UI). When I leave those computers, I always execute "rm -rf ~" because they are restored to some image every time they boot anyway and I'd rather not leave anything personal behind. It was only when I started seeing "access denied" in my terminal that I realised that ubuntu had mounted the entire server on the other end in some hidden directory in my home folder, and that I was deleting every file on it for which I had write permissions. Luckily a quick CTRL+C saved my own files but I'm not sure the same could be said about a few students who were unlucky and had "loose" permissions in their home directories.