[clue-tech] /etc/hosts changing on Debian

[Keith Hellman]

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 02:24:35PM -0600, David L. Willson wrote:
> On Mon, 12 May 2008 14:19:30 -0600, Keith Hellman wrote
> 
> > Try
> >   $ sudo chattr +i /etc/hosts
> > 
> > For details
> >   $ man chattr
> 
> I do the same thing to /mnt/* so I don't accidentally write before mounting.
> 

And I've set immutable on /var/lib/alsa/asound.state so my system boots
to a static sound state (muted), instead of whatever alsa (tried) to
store on shutdown.

I also use +i on short-lived files that I *really* don't want to
accidentally erase...  

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