7 Feb
2021
7 Feb
'21
10:10 a.m.
On 2021-02-06 17:08:29 Steven D'Aprano via tde-users wrote:
On Sat, Feb 06, 2021 at 02:11:05PM -0600, J Leslie
Turriff wrote:
From info chattr:
| A file with the 'i' attribute cannot be modified: it cannot be deleted or
renamed,
| no link can be created to this file and no data can be written to the file.
| Only the superuser or a process possessing the CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE capability
can
| set or clear this attribute.
Leslie
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On 2021-02-06 08:32:38 Marvin Jones via tde-users
wrote:
What is the difference between immutable and read-only, and how do you
make a file immutable?
I know how to make a file read-only: `chmod a-w file`.
What does immutability give us that removing write permission doesn't? One hack is to make that config file Read-Only.
It's the sort of hack I use from time-to-time.
Your choice, of course.
HTH,
Jonesy
Even better, make it immutable.