Frank Peters <frank.pet...@comcast.net> skribis: > You can completely eliminate accidental deletions or overwrites > as root by using the extended file attributes. For example, on > an ext2/3/4 file system, the command "chattr +i files..." will > prevent all modifications, links, deletions, or overwrites to the > selected files. The "i" attribute is the "immutable" attribute > and is very nice to have.
Sure. And I have extended file attributes turned on all over the place, because I use the draft Posix ACLs in spots. Particularly for the local repos of my Gentoo overlays.
