Some times, I don't think straight and accidentally "SHIFT+DELETE" my data. To make things even worse, I don't even backup the data before deleting them. If you're anything like me, here is a good ...

Chattr (Change Attribute) is a Linux command-line utility that sets and unset certain attributes in the file and directory to provide a level of security. Look, Chattr behaves completely differently ...

I am trying to get root's history file on a Solaris 8 box to on a NFS shared Linux box.<BR><BR>Details:<BR>The Linux box is RH9 running kernal 2.4.20-8<BR><BR>The ...

This example shows an example on a file, but the commands are identical for working with immutable directories. $ touch file.txt $ lsattr file.txt -----e----- file.txt # Make file.txt immutable (i): $ ...

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