Re: i just did a rm -rf /*r as root!!!

From: Ed Wilts (ewilts_at_ewilts.org)
Date: 04/27/05

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    Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 22:15:01 -0500
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    On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 10:52:12PM -0400, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote:
     
    > Backups should always be mounted read-only.

    Then how do you create them? :-)

    My backups are updated constantly - the volume is updated via rsnapshot
    which creates hardlinks all over the place.

            .../Ed 

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