> >What's wrong with the "count the number of pages in the file, dump
> >that many zeroes or random stuff on it and delete it then."
>
> It doesn't work for files deleted by programs not under your control. I want
> mail spool files (for example) to be securely deleted, without having to
> modify and recompile sendmail. Similarly for every other program that
> deletes files.
Go for LD_PRELOAD solution. It should be trivial & it does not belong
in kernel.
Pavel
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