> From:: Renat Golubchyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to shred without deleting /dev/* > Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 14:35:28 +0200 > > Why was it deleted? Did you run the command as root?
Well, yes because when I run it as a plain user I am denied access: ==================== $ shred -u -v /dev/fd0 shred: /dev/fd0: Permission denied ==================== > What's wrong with good old dd? How about > $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0 > You can also use /dev/random if it has to be more secure. For even more > security run it multiple times in a loop. 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. -- Regards, Mick Lycos email has now 300 Megabytes of free storage... Get it now at mail.lycos.co.uk
