Data integrity for Dummies

[Psittac]

I wanted to see if anyone has tips and advice on how to keep data safe from users that don't exactly know what they're doing.  IE: keep the integrity of important files on a desktop that is being used by someone that doesn't know how to use a computer.  Any and all solutions will be considered.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Permissions, snapshots, and backups.

[Psittac]

26 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Permissions, snapshots, and backups.

Can you elaborate on snapshot's?

 

Permissions sound a little to involved, the less tech I have to do the better.

 

Backup's you covered in my other post.

[Mira Yurizaki]

4 hours ago, Psittac said:

Can you elaborate on snapshot's?

A snapshot system basically freezes the data where you take the snapshot and any new data is stored as differences from the snapshot. Data recovery is basically undoing the changes.

4 hours ago, Psittac said:

Permissions sound a little to involved, the less tech I have to do the better.

Permissions is the foundation of all security. If you lack a permissions system, anyone has access to the data. And it doesn't have to be involved, you can make it as simple as having two groups: admins and regular users. If you don't want regular users touching certain folders, you can set blanket permissions.

 

If you're talking about making sure a shared computer is safe from people not knowing what they're doing tinkering with it, make everyone else a limited permissions account. In Windows this is the Standard User account. Changing many system level settings require an admin to login. Otherwise it only harms that user account.

[Canada EH]

Do what libraries do and what internet cafes do.

^Colleges and Universities 2

 

I dont know what it is, but I know it works!

 

It is most likely what @Electronics Wizardy