On Sat, 3 Feb 2018 08:56:25 +0000, Colin Law wrote: >On 2 February 2018 at 16:08, Βασίλης Κατσαρέλιας wrote: >> I had to copy my `/home` folder over to a USB stick >Of course you will have backed up everything before hand >anyway just in case something goes wrong.
Let alone that a user regularly should backup important data to an external device, which is appropriate for this task, such as an USB HDD. Coping data to an USB stick is nearly as risky, as no backup at all. The term "copy" is squishy, if using the "cp" command to backup data, then using the "-a, --archive" option and at best with root privileges, even if those privileges shouldn't be required to backup $HOME. -- https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/01/spectre_and_mel_1.html -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
