Jonathan Dowland composed on 2020-01-08 16:16 (UTC): > On Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 03:40:01AM +0100, Felix Miata wrote:
>> Seems all you really need to do is remove the content from the home >> directories, >> e.g. rm -R > This will cause the filesystem to mark the corresponding files as > deleted so that they are not visible when accessing the filesystem > conventionally. But it will not cause the content of the files > themselves to be scrubbed from the underlying disk, and they could be > potentially recovered by someone who wanted to. If you're seriously concerned the next owner might try that, create a new file full of junk from /dev/random or from /dev/null that fills the existing freespace, then remove it. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
