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> From:: Renat Golubchyk <ragermany@×××.net> |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to shred without deleting /dev/* |
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> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 14:35:28 +0200 |
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> Why was it deleted? Did you run the command as root? |
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Well, yes because when I run it as a plain user I am denied access: |
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$ shred -u -v /dev/fd0 |
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shred: /dev/fd0: Permission denied |
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> What's wrong with good old dd? How about |
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> $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0 |
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> You can also use /dev/random if it has to be more secure. For even more |
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> security run it multiple times in a loop. |
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There's nothing wrong with dd, but I see no reason to create my own script to extend the basic dd functionality. I would rather use shred which does everything I want it to do - if only I can avoid the deletion if the device node itself. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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