Doug Stewart on 22 May 2012 19:47:44 -0700 |
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Re: [PLUG] toy story2 nearly lost with rm |
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Floyd Johnson <fljohnson3@isp.com> wrote: > On 05/22/2012 04:00 PM, Mark Bergman wrote: > >> I don't think that "to alias or non to alias" is the important question, >> but whether you have backups, change control procedures procedures, >> revision control, etc. that will mitigate the impact of the inevitable >> mistake. At some point, there will be a mistake, regardless of any alias. > > > Having seen the video narrated by "those who were there", I am of a similar > mind, that having a credible means to recover from either a mistake or a > non-PEBCAK issue (hardware failure/loss, some system-intruder's electronic > battering ram, and the like) is a more feasible move to prevent data loss > than "make it impossible to mess up in the first place". Then again, doing > both just *might* be a step closer to "impregnable file fortress" > > In 1992, a stronger Un*x-wielding schoolmate had the sig quote, "What do you > mean we didn't back it up?" > > Y'all seem to be misinterpreting my original statements (or, more likely, I was less coherent than I thought) -- the alias is merely a single, semi-beneficial, slightly-annoying but attention-getting tool in a sysadmin's potential toolbag. It's not going to absolutely prevent catastrophe (a fact of which I have first-hand, did-I-just-delete-2TB-of-production-data? knowledge), but it IS going to make for a nice tripwire that will catch at least a few braindead moments at the end of 80 hour weeks. YMMV. -- -Doug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug