Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 17:52:00 +0100 (CET)
From: Lenz Grimmer
I had been using wipe on ext2fs to delete sensitive files. It gives an error about mmap. I assume this is because I switched to reiserfs. Does anyone know how to delete files on reiserfs security (i.e., the contents are actually erased, not just inaccessible via normal methods)?
Since I was curious, what the problem might be, I asked our ReiserFS hackers. Here is an answer: "A really quick glance through the source doesn't show anything that should break on reiserfs. I'll take a longer look over the weekend." So, let's see... LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer/ 90443 Nuernberg, Germany True life begins when the kids leave home and he dog dies