Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965982AbbBCPYR (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Feb 2015 10:24:17 -0500 Received: from h1446028.stratoserver.net ([85.214.92.142]:56154 "EHLO mail.ahsoftware.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753275AbbBCPYL (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Feb 2015 10:24:11 -0500 Message-ID: <54D0E816.9050706@ahsoftware.de> Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 16:24:06 +0100 From: Alexander Holler User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?windows-1252?Q?Luk=E1=9A_Czerner?= CC: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] WIP: fs: ext4: support unlinkat_s() for secure deletion of files References: <1422896713-25367-1-git-send-email-holler@ahsoftware.de> <1422896713-25367-4-git-send-email-holler@ahsoftware.de> <54D0E04D.60403@ahsoftware.de> <54D0E580.5000900@ahsoftware.de> In-Reply-To: <54D0E580.5000900@ahsoftware.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 882 Lines: 20 Am 03.02.2015 um 16:13 schrieb Alexander Holler: > Am 03.02.2015 um 15:50 schrieb Alexander Holler: > >> Maybe I should request removal of shred from Fedora/RH instead. >> According to you it's one of the most misleading and useless tools. So >> why still confuse people with it and still ship it? > > At least it should be documented that it doesn't delete the files in > question from backups, like you should never try to dry your cat in a > microwave. Which, by the way, should be documented in the manpages for rm, unlink() and unlinkat() too. Someone might otherwise assume that e.g. a rm might delete files in a snapshot too, -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/