Some of the answers above seem to involve 'babysitting' measures that almost certainly won't be on the next box you use. appropriate countermeasures imho: 1.

Some of the answers above seem to involve 'babysitting' measures that almost certainly won't be on the next box you use. appropriate countermeasures imho: 1. run an account with the right amount of access. 2. don't use sudo. (su + password makes you think a bit more) 3. this sounds dickish, but I mean it constructively. Pay attention. the -f flag means something... 4. when all else fails, rsync'd folders are a beautiful thing :)