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From: lclarke@questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Lawrence Clarke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Don't backup from root !
Message-ID: <7u98u2w163w@questor.wimsey.bc.ca>
Date: 4 Jan 91 03:02:41 GMT
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Guess what ... Don't backup your hard disk to floppies if your signed on
as user root !  After figuring out how to do the backup, i demonstrated
the procedure to friend, and mistakenly entered ...
 
dump 0uOf 0.86 /dev/rsd0a /dev/rsd0a
 
which tried too backup the scsi drive to the scsi drive, which deleted the
filesystem. If you create another user with OPERATOR privledge, then this
command will not allow you too over write the filesystem.
 
Also i should mention 2 corrections from my last posting ...
 
the (r) in rsd0a stands for RAW not removable.
there is no -j (for ejectable) command in restore. Just type
restore if /dev/rfd0a



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