permanent deleting linux files

[Mbman]

Is there any good software (like cyberscrub) that will allow me to securely delete files from my linux system. I have tried to install thcsecuredelete, but I could not get it to run on my system.
Any other suggestions?

Thanks

[mjk]

Try shred

mjk

[!mitationRust]

man chattr

? I'm sure there is something else on www.sourceforge.com

purge
expunge
lsdel allows you to list deleted files that have not yet been
permanently removed.

man delete

[Relyt]

Good Day,

www.google.com/linux is your friend and the second site listed when using "permanently deleting files" in the search.

http://www.pcworlddownload.com/syste...-for-linux.htm


cheers

[g00n]

i've had luck with this tool

http://wipe.sourceforge.net/

[linuxcomando]

This is a good article read it.


data.....

To eliminate the traces of old removed files, one might want to wipe the empty space. The simple method is to use a standard Linux "dd" utility. To wipe the empty space on /home partition use:


dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/bigfile
sync
rm /home/bigfile
sync

The commands will zero out the empty space on the partition. Doing the same for /tmp partition might cause some applications to crash, thus one must be cautious.

[the_JinX]

srm works fine for me..

http://srm.sourceforge.net

man srm

NAME
       srm - securely remove files or directories

SYNOPSIS
       srm [OPTION]... FILE...

DESCRIPTION
       srm  removes each specified file by overwriting, renaming,
       and truncating it before unlinking.  This  prevents  other
       people from undeleting or recovering any information about
       the file from the command line.

       srm, like every program that uses the getopt  function  to
       parse  its  arguments, lets you use the -- option to indi-
       cate that all following  arguments  are  non-options.   To
       remove  a  file  called `-f' in the current directory, you
       could type either
              rm -- -f
       or
              rm ./-f

OPTIONS
       Remove (unlink) the FILE(s).

       -d, --directory
              ignored (for compatability with rm(1))

       -f, --force
              ignore nonexistent files, never prompt

       -i, --interactive
              prompt before any removal

       -r, -R, --recursive
              remove the contents of directories recursively

       -s, --simple
              only overwrite the file with a single pass of  ran-
              dom data

       -v, --verbose
              explain what is being done

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

NOTES
       srm  can not remove write protected files owned by another
       user, regardless of the permissions on the directory  con-
       taining the file.

       Development  and  discussion  of  srm  is  carried  out at
       http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=3297   which   is
       also accessible via http://srm.sourceforge.net.

SEE ALSO
       rm(1)