On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 11:20:34AM +0200, Robert Lemmen wrote: > hi folks, > > i have a bug report (#377687) which asks for a secure deletion tool to > be installed in /bin instead of /usr/bin so you can use it in > maintenance mode. makes sense in a way, and is possible when you look at > the library dependencies. but should it be done? i didn't find anything > in the policy on what to put in /bin, and the FHS doesn't really help. > so what do you think? should such a tool live in /bin? /[s]bin and /lib should be the minimal set of tools needed to boot the system, before /usr is mounted, or needed to restore the system if /usr is corrupted (eg. by [re]installing packages). The submitter wants to be able to have the bootscripts use a "shred"-like alternative to /bin/rm to inhibit undeletion of datafiles. I wonder what files are removed during boot that benefit (presumably from a security POV) from this?
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