RedditEnjoyer@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoA Linux user's nightmare: the machine was wiped clean with one clickwww.mikrobitti.fiexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up194arrow-down1external-linkA Linux user's nightmare: the machine was wiped clean with one clickwww.mikrobitti.fiRedditEnjoyer@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMichal@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoWould this be possible to fix on btrfs, or would you have to create a snapshot first?
minus-squareagelord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoThe “fix” would be to not allow themes to execute code in the first place.
minus-squareMichal@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI mean once files are deleted maliciously or accidentally
minus-squareMilderRichter@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 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