On 20 December 2010 15:26, Matthew Wild <mwi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't know about anyone else on this list, but I've never seen such > corruption as we're discussing. Sure it can happen in theory, e.g. I > could open the system file up in my text editor (if I have root > access) and write some gibberish there. Otherwise I'm not sure how it > would happen - poorly coded software running as root could do it, but > I've never encountered such software that would write to e.g. > /etc/passwd.
I would have to agree, I was speaking absolutely in theory, the reason I know little about this is that I simply have never had it happen to me. So long as you back up your documents and other customised things to a DVD or USB drive then you should be perfectly safe. -- Regards, Kris Douglas. T. 0845 004 2066 | M. 07728574285 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
