From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alexander Holler Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] WIP: fs: ext4: support unlinkat_s() for secure deletion of files Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 16:24:06 +0100 Message-ID: <54D0E816.9050706@ahsoftware.de> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: =?windows-1252?Q?Luk=E1=9A_Czerner?= Return-path: In-Reply-To: <54D0E580.5000900@ahsoftware.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org 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,