Re: Write *once* storage (was Re: write only storage)

2021-09-21 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Steve McIntyre writes: > In article > you write: >>I would like to have some WORM memory for my backups. At the moment >>they're copied to an archive machine using a chrooted unprivileged user >>and then moved via a cron job so that that user cannot delete them >>(other than during a short wind

Re: Write *once* storage (was Re: write only storage)

2021-09-21 Thread James H. H. Lampert
On 9/21/21 10:21 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: . . . WORM is Write *Once* , not Write *Only* "Write only" storage is easy and fast - just throw things at /dev/null and they can never be altered (or read back). Quite. Or to paraphrase something I said, that actually got published in some magaz

Write *once* storage (was Re: write only storage)

2021-09-21 Thread Steve McIntyre
In article you write: >I would like to have some WORM memory for my backups. At the moment >they're copied to an archive machine using a chrooted unprivileged user >and then moved via a cron job so that that user cannot delete them >(other than during a short window). Sorry to butt in, but I use