On Monday 14 November 2005 06:19 am, Josenildo Marques wrote:
> "Here is a cool tip on how you can make files on your system immutable.
> By immutable, I mean even root can't delete the files if he choose to.
> Linux ships with a tool called chattr which can be used for the purpose.
> 'chattr' is similar to the 'attrib' DOS equivalent tool but much more
> powerful and flexible.
> To make your file (test_file) immutable
>
> # chattr +i test_file
>
> ... You can only do it logged in as root. Here the +i option sets the
> immutable bit for the file. Once this bit is set, even root can't delete
> or tamper with the file."
>
> This is supposed to be fun... Is that info correct ?
> It's from
> http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2005/11/make-your-files-immutable-which-even.
>html
Sounds as if someone *else * hacked you box and then set the files with it you 
would be Fscked.

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