Anthony Yarusso wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Phillip Lougher wrote: >> Anthony Yarusso wrote: >> >>> I was wondering if someone who helped develop the OEM install >>> option (or is familiar with it) knows whether it can be re-used. >>> ie, if you're leasing machines, can you send it out to a client, >>> get it back after a while and just run the script again to remove >>> the old user and set it up for the next one to put in their >>> preferences? >> Personally I would consider this too much of a security risk, >> personal or business sensitive data doesn't necessarily get removed >> once files are deleted. I would wipe or shred (both Linux >> commands) the disk before reuse. >> >> Phillip >> >> >> > Would it be possible to get shred options included in the script for > this sort of use?
I think using wipe or shred on a drive would probably be a little over kill. dd zeros to the drive and then format would likely be enough to make the data prohibitively expensive to recover. This is of course depending on the data that was on the drive to begin with. For instance, I remember reading somewhere that the CIA destroys their hard drives in acid baths. The important part is to make recovery more expensive than the data is worth. As for the original question, I would say that it is going to be more trouble than its worth. I would much rather create a drive image with dd and then dd it back to the drive after every return. This would solve the above problem and you could likely create a network boot setup that did it automatically with a little work. Aka you would just plug the returning machine into a specialized network that would do all the needed stuff automatically. Btw, I'm not an ubuntu developer and I didn't help develop the oem installer, but I have had my head in the installer for other purposes. Someone may know a way of doing what you want, but I don't think it would be worth it either way. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss