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I use `chattr +i` with NFS mountpoints for backups, it prevents the local harddrive from filling up when a network share fails to mount on boot.

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Totally. If something is meant to be a mount point, a chattr +i on the underlying directory is a godsend, because it gives you an immediate error in case the mount should fail for whatever reason.

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