> > Does anyone know any way to make this more difficult without introducing > > a remote host? Are there, for example, any Linux kernel options for > > "device access passwords" or such? > > Maybe removing the appropriate /dev/hd* entries after backup, and > recreating them just before backup with mknod.
Ingenious. :b Does it work reliably with devfs? (So that devices don't magically reappear after deletion, for example)? - Jarno