On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 12:08 PM, Bzzzz <lazyvi...@gmx.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:45:40 -0600
> Les Mikesell <lesmikes...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes, but things have to be very, very screwed up to get to the point
>> where the user can't fix it with a tar download through a browser
>> followed by an appropriate restore command. When things have been
>> broken that badly it may be time to let someone else fix it. And if
>> you are restoring a whole system you have to configure that part again
>> anyway.
>
> Well, I can concede this to you, but it is a tiny bit extreme.
> (do you climb mountains free hands with pitch black glasses and a
> chopper waiting for you at the top ?;)
No, but when doing a restore for any reason other than accidental
complete deletion of a file or directory I nearly always restore to a
different location and compare things instead of overwriting the
existing current versions anyway. And it is not at all difficult to
download a tar image and restore it where you want. Your hypothetical
educated user that knows enough not to overwrite good data should not
have a problem with it.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikes...@gmail.com
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