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Michael Perry wrote:
I had a rather ugly time the last few days and I really still do not know what to attribute it to. I initially lost a number of programs which had been working quite well such as ical, tkman, etc. These just disappeared completely in the course of one day. I did not run yast or
I am still kind of looking at what happened and how it happened. Linux is my only operating system at home. I also lost a bunch of recent changes to a database application but luckily I back that up nightly. Close thing since I demo'ed it after this stuff happened and I was able to recoup my losses.
So, has anyone ever experienced this sort of thing? I have a pretty good backup strategy (I thought). Not good enough by a damn site though, it appears. I have wondered a few times if the system were hacked or semi-destroyed...
I'm sure there is an innocent explanation to it, but....... Could it be that someone is getting onto your system with a floppy, and deleting stuff? You have to keep your machine locked up, and your floppy must be locked when you are not around. Also make sure your lilo is password protected. zentara -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e