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:
On 2021-02-06 08:32:38 Marvin Jones via tde-users wrote:
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.
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?
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.
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