[Info-vax] Saving data

[Bob Koehler]

In article <iphmb9$3ah$1 at dont-email.me>, glen herrmannsfeldt <gah at ugcs.caltech.edu> writes:
> Also, on unix, if you spell the device wrong.
> 
> tar cf /dev/tpae .
> 
> it will write a file into /dev instead of onto the tape.

   If /dev is protected correctly, only root can make this mistake.
   Of course, root may be needed to make sure all the files of a
   collection of users can be read.