[CentOS] wiping of unused space on ext3

rado rado at rivers-bend.com
Thu Sep 7 08:22:58 UTC 2006


On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 10:25 +0300, Mindaugas wrote:
>   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?
> 
>   Thanks,
> 
>   Mindaugas
> 
wow...long time...look read up on like running multi 0S on same
box ...like say centos and windows. In order to do that you have to play
w/your hard drive space and spec it out... Now I don't remember the
command or program you use but I think it's a good start for ya

jr    
-- 
If ya think you smart,you pretty friggin ignorant. If you think you
smart enuf...then you tellin a story, you ready for that challenge!




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