RedditEnjoyer@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoA Linux user's nightmare: the machine was wiped clean with one clickwww.mikrobitti.fiexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down114file-textcross-posted to: linux@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1189arrow-down1external-linkA Linux user's nightmare: the machine was wiped clean with one clickwww.mikrobitti.fiRedditEnjoyer@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: linux@lemmy.ml
minus-squareMichal@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoWould this be possible to fix on btrfs, or would you have to create a snapshot first?
minus-squareagelord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoThe “fix” would be to not allow themes to execute code in the first place.
minus-squareMichal@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoI mean once files are deleted maliciously or accidentally
minus-squareMilderRichter@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoyou would need to have created a snapshot beforehand. Then you could restore to the last snapshot. But you would need a live system to do that, if your installation is broken
Would this be possible to fix on btrfs, or would you have to create a snapshot first?
The “fix” would be to not allow themes to execute code in the first place.
I mean once files are deleted maliciously or accidentally
you would need to have created a snapshot beforehand.
Then you could restore to the last snapshot. But you would need a live system to do that, if your installation is broken