Add Secure delete to right click actions menu

[Jonesy]

This adds a secure file/folder deletion to the right click actions menu. Beware !! once it's gone it's gone for good and there is no going back, you been warned.

Ok. first install BCWipe from the repository.
Next create a text file and paste the following code into it:

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[Desktop Entry]
Actions=Wipefiles
ServiceTypes=all/allfiles

[Desktop Action Wipefiles]
Exec=bcwipe -f -mt
Icon=eraser
Name=Delete file with wiping

Now open the folder /home/<user>/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus and save the file as wipefile.desktop.

That will add just file deletion to the actions menu.

To add secure folder deletion as well create another new text file and add the following code:

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[Desktop Entry]
Actions=Wipefiles
ServiceTypes=all/allfiles,inode/directory

[Desktop Action Wipefiles]
Exec=bcwipe -rf -mt
Icon=eraser
Name=Delete folder with wiping

Now save it in the /home/<user>/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus as wipefolders.desktop

Enjoy your privacy....

[AndrzejL]

This could be used to add other commands under a right click right?

Great!

Good info mate. Thanks a lot!

Andy

[Jonesy]

This could be used to add other commands under a right click right?

The sky's the limit.   

[AndrzejL]

Well any command within the reason

All you would have to do is change few variables and voila...

I was looking for this sort of manual for some time now .

Andy

[OldGuy]

Joney - does bcwipe work with ext3?  I thought there was a warning that on systems like ours, it may not be reliable.  Do you know?

[Jonesy]

It seems to do well as a simple file shredder but I can't say for certain how reliable it is but it works.

I have used it to wipe free space ok but I wouldn't recommend it and as for wiping file slacks because I did have data corruption issues after using BCwipe for that on the Gnome 2008 release which f2sck was unable to resolve so I had to reinstall !!!. Otherwise it seems ok.

[TheQuest]

Hi, Jonesy

Do you know how to get BCWipe to work in PCLinuxOS 2010? please, in the same way it worked, as you posted here last August.

I ask because there is no /home/<user>/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus, kde4.  

Take Care
TheQuest

[T6]

the line works for konqueror i understand

i no longer use it, only dolphin so the command should be different, no idea how

since this app is very useful but up to a certain point a security risk for your personal files anyone should consider deeply the implications of a complete wipe of a file, as Jonesy said once it's go it's gone

i prefer this apps to be isolated without access to this menu, especially when i use my wireless mouse and can accidentally click over something i don't want

[TheQuest]

Hi T6

Thanks for your reply

the line works for konqueror i understand

It will not work in Konqueror under kde4 as there is no servicemenus to put the file.

And I can not tind  servicemenus anywhere on the system, So I am unable to add the wipefiles.desktop file to either Konqueror or Dolphin [under >configure dolphin>services>]  . 

since this app is very useful but up to a certain point a security risk for your personal files anyone should consider deeply the implications of a complete wipe of a file,

I understand that, I used to use it with 2007 & 2009,  also M$ OS's, but now use Eraser on them now, which is just as powerful as BCWipe.

as Jonesy said once it's go it's gone

That the Idea. 

Take Care
TheQuest