Bug 214746

Summary:	File manager should have shred option
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	David Dempster <david.linguist>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Peter Penz <peter.penz19>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	frank78ac, markg85
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	16.12.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description David Dempster 2009-11-16 02:14:49 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.3.2)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

It would be good if Dolphin (and Konqueror when used as a file manager) had a ‘shred’ or ‘secure delete’ option in its context menu.  It should simply use the commands ‘shred’ or ‘srm’ as a backend.  A warning should pop up if the file in question is on the sort of journalling filesystem that makes shredding insecure.

Comment 1 Frank Reininghaus 2010-02-07 18:44:29 UTC

This is basically the same wish as bug 187232 - I just don't know if "kio/trash" or "Dolphin" is the right product...

Comment 2 Mark 2012-05-01 20:18:43 UTC

I'm guessing you mean Shift + delete ? That skips the trash.
If that's the case it can be marked as fixed.

Comment 3 Peter Penz 2012-05-01 20:33:44 UTC

@Mark: David meant that the file should not be only deleted, but deleted in a secure way (e.g. where the old content is overwritten by random data not only removed from the directory-node).

However I don't plan to implement this in Dolphin itself and hence I'm setting this as duplicate of bug 167578

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 167578 ***