Steve Thompson - UG wrote:
>
> i don't quite understand this logic. i can see where you don't want to reload if
>you get a
> virus, BUT if i get a linux virus and it deletes everything in my home. i'm gonna
>lose
> everything that is important. i can reload my workstation and setup the firewalls
>and such. i
> dont want to lose my important stuff. i understand from a server standpoint, but
>everyone
> says no big deal, you'll only lose whats in your user id, well thats the
>important stuff to
> me. i just burn it to a cd as a backup.
> anyway my 0.02c
>
Two things you can do to protect what's in your home directory:
set u=r so that if you try to delete the file you're asked if you really
want to.
if you're using ext2 (won't work with reiserfs) as root, use chattr and
set the i (impermeable) attribute. Now, even root can't delete this
file -- it's impermeable.
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
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