Bug 214746 - File manager should have shred option
Summary: File manager should have shred option
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 167578
Alias: None
Product: dolphin
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 16.12.2
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Peter Penz
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Reported: 2009-11-16 02:14 UTC by David Dempster
Modified: 2012-05-01 20:33 UTC (History)
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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 ***