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Re:All my servers have an 8 GB empty file on disk by innomatics on Thursday March 25, 2021 @06:22PM (#26586325)
Nice. I liked the trick in the article, but was wondering if it might confuse the next admin who needs to figure it out.

Was also thinking of customising the login greeting to mention the file (/etc/motd).

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Re:All my servers have an 8 GB empty file on disk by stjohnswarts on Friday March 26, 2021 @07:12PM (#26598103)
what if you named it "THIS_IS_A_BIG_FILE_IN_CASE_THE_DISK_FILLS_UP_DELETE_IN_EMERGENCIES.BIN"
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