You could alias the rm command to a shell script that moves deleted files to a "trash" bin. Then if you made an error, just copy the file back from the trash bin. Does that work for you? -----Original Message----- From: John Andersen [mailto:jsa@pen.homeip.net] Sent: Wednesday, 1 November 2006 4:53 PM To: suse-security@suse.com Subject: [suse-security] A nice Security Enhancement For SuSE The one thing I really miss from Netware which Novel could port to SuSE is Salvage. For those who don't know, Netware offered a Salvage option where files erased or overwritten could be recovered because Netware would attempt to not write over that same location, preferring instead the least recently used location where the file would fit. (Adhering to theory that unused disk space was wasted disk space). Therefore, UNTIL the system actually needed the space, you could go to the console and recover recently deleted files. Obviously, it didn't help for files discovered missing today, but which were deleted 2 months ago. Files that grew larger but remained in place were not salvageable, so databases and mbox files couldn't be recovered this way, but the document you deleted by accident usually was recoverable if you attended to it right away. Would such a thing be possible in any linux file system? -- _____________________________________ John Andersen -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands, e-mail: suse-security-help@suse.com Security-related bug reports go to security@suse.de, not here