From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 25 03:46:52 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA81E1065670 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:46:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af300wsm@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93F1A8FC13 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:46:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af300wsm@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id p76so1566503pyb.10 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:46:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=IthFeuRipPJ8E/pYLVTyuextTtXJ+xdOGgX9RDkOuGo=; b=WBCU2bEGsj/gqvHAhs3Y3nlQU/gI4a8DuX9naRQ+DDAokElPHKduyJANCsNsJOjvW8 AR/pJUBi7mjnvK3IHi0MzHGmBimVGHwaPn2U5Kf4ggqcJfh6bB/ZI9a3hR4AGO0Zjzx5 MIecgIYzLjpMEj9/EUX0mPOe1MQe2H5sUgZdU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=Z0014nWHM8gJJ+JCa1WabtKqCe1XpzWk2WpkgUQQ6QDSxMSMqTKaR6M6G5ArcmPXb7 RBBnhQBxBebKO8SYh9+nYI8v/PjPJr5tTGbMaphepa68k3zk9RAsszRqjVA7m00Y3a10 VDwD7D0ULwlrqn5uywwFlBe0ECxa/qNLtNW5w= Received: by 10.114.124.1 with SMTP id w1mr4684267wac.57.1214365610561; Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:46:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.196.13 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:46:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <340a29540806242046x59b5e714x859310117f04a4a0@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:46:50 -0600 From: "Andrew Falanga" To: "Norberto Meijome" In-Reply-To: <20080624120310.607ab41c@ayiin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <340a29540806231257x670cf398qc5bf11c396fd0afb@mail.gmail.com> <20080623202259.GB97202@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <340a29540806231336g4be401a6h5f5a1b2b6dca110e@mail.gmail.com> <20080624120310.607ab41c@ayiin> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wipe a drive clean X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:46:52 -0000 On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Norberto Meijome wrote: > On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:36:35 -0600 > "Andrew Falanga" wrote: > >> >> I'd rather not install a port, if I can avoid it. I >> > >> > Have a look at security/wipe. >> >> Before reading this, yes I did. In fact, I even installed it. >> However, the first operation appears to be a renaming of the file in >> question. I was doing: >> >> wipe -z /dev/da2 >> >> which was being kicked out with "Operation not permitted." It seemed >> to want to move/rename the file first. I didn't do enough digging to >> get around this before reading this e-mail. > > > do you have access rights to write to that device? > > is the device mounted ? (it shouldn't) > No. I unmounted before trying. Andy -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is it such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?