Destroying "only" your home directory (was Re: Newbie question on permissions)

[Mario Vukelic]

On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 20:42 +0800, Michael T. Richter wrote:
> If by "power user" you mean "geeks steeped in the UNIX attitude" then
> yes.  But that's not what I mean.  I mean, say, an accountant who
> messes around with his system on weekends by "power user".  As in a
> regular end-user with a bit more knowledge.  (In the UNIX world this
> typically means enough knowledge to really f*** himself over.)

I have read the whole thread so far, and I believe you are fighting
windmills. Research the backup solutions that are available, e.g. (in no
particular order):

backuppc
keep
konserve
rdiff-backup
tar
afbackup
amanda-*
backup-manager
backup2l
backupninja
bacula
bkp
cdbackup
cpbk
Etc., you get the picture. Search for "backup" in Synaptic.

These systems cover many cases from enterprise to individual. However,
they might not be what you have in mind regarding ease of use. For this,
look into https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HomeUserBackup