[pve-devel] [PATCH 02/48] Plugin : add volume_protect

[Michael Rasmussen]

On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:12:56 +0000
Dietmar Maurer <dietmar at proxmox.com> wrote:

> 
> What is the advantage of 'chattr +i'? I usually use 'chmod -w' to
> set a file read only.
> 
chattr +i also prevents creating hard-links to the file which a
read-only file does not guaranty against. A hard-link would effectively
prevent deleting said file.

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