Binary overwrite protection
Posted on September 9th, 1997 by shacker
In BeOS 5, Be makes it much more difficult to accidentally delete important system files from the Tracker. Try deleting anything under the /boot/beos
hierarchy and you’ll get a warning dialog requiring you to hold down the Shift key while pressing OK. However, this „idiot-proofing“ doesn’t extend to the BeOS shell.
If you want a similar level of protection when using the Terminal, try this:
cd /bin chmod 555 *
Repeat for any directory in which you want overwrite protection. To delete things from this directory, you’ll now need to chmod them back to a user-accessible permission level.