Thread: script to wipe all sensitive user data - guinea pigs (/lemmings) wanted, apply within!
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jstokes is offline jstokes
2011-02-08 , 16:53
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Originally Posted by festivalnut View Post
thanks, i'm guessing i'd want to edit this to my own settings, so it clears what i want it to, but obviously i'm a bit dubious about how to safely open and edit it, i dont want to accidentally run it prematurely! any tips for playing with this particular fire safely?
No?

I guess you'd have to go through the scripts and try and figure out what's being deleted. If you have the time, you could use RobbieThe1st's BackupMenu to create a clone of your rootfs and see what gets deleted...

ps would a rm /home/user/MyDocs/ command work as root or is it somehow protected? again, testing isn't really an option!
It should work as anyone: MyDocs is just a FAT32 partition with no understanding of UNIX permissions. Though you'd want to make sure that it's error-free so that it's not mounted as read-only! You'd also want to add a "-r" (maybe an "-f" also?) to your rm command so that it deletes subdirectories too
 

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