> From: Mindaugas [mailto:mind@xxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 12:26 AM > To: ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx > Cc: CentOS mailing list > Subject: wiping of unused space on ext3 > > > Hello, > > I was asked if it is possible to zero unused space in ext3 > partition? > > Users write to the server via Samba and are far from > computer geeks so teaching them to use some safedelete > utility is quite impossible. > > Is there some way or utility to wipe out all the data from > unused space? I believe you can use the "chattr -s" command to mark all of the files so that when they are deleted, their blocks are wiped with zeros. I believe that you'd need to set up some sort of cron job to make sure all of the files have this attribute set on a regular basis, unless this works as a directory level attribute. ..Chuck.. _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
