When are people going to realize giving a raving lunatic with no consequences direct r/w access to your most important files is still not a smart move?
this post was submitted on 03 Dec 2025
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I don't even give r/w access to my coworkers in most circumstances. I barely even trust myself sometimes! I was formating an old drive to decommission an old computer (thanks windows 10 end of life. Super cool) so I was copying all the files on the drive to our server. When I was done, I accidentally deleted all the files on the server instead of the local drive and started formatting. Good thing I'm paranoid about this exact instance and had it copied to multiple locations.
When I was doing a big refactor of my work server, the only way I felt safe was to back everything up to a spare drive, unplug and set aside, then use the actual transfer drive. That way I couldn’t physically mess up the process. Was a bit nerve wracking holding the responsibility of 10 years worth of files, but now it’s all arranged logically and backed up as it should be. (knocks on wood)
Probably after The Incident.
This will never not be funny
lol
That’s why I only run these types of tools in a container with local file mount.
lmao even