On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM home user via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Being not an IT professional, this seems complicated to me. I'll dig > into it, but I'm not optimistic. I need simple. My 2 cents, FWIW..... As others have said in this thread, for true write-protection (like floppies provide) you will need hardware that provides that capability. Such media is most likely aimed at corporate use, and will probably be expensive unless you can find new "old" hardware. Even then, how does it connect? i.e. instead of USB will you need SCSI? eSATA?, etc. Without true write-protection you are mainly looking at methods that are designed to protect you from yourself: - mount file system read-only - set modes on files/directories so that only root has access and then avoid *reading* as root - one I don't think I have seen mentioned - set the file attribute to "immutable" But any of the above will be defeated by simple actions such as reformatting the drive. What are your requirements? Recovering deleted files? Protecting against disk failure? Saving your data if your dwelling is destroyed (fire/flood/earthquake/tornado/etc)? -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
