Safely remove contents from .Private folder : Ubuntu 16.04
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I have a problem with my growing .Private folder.
I want to keep the encryption going but want to remove the stale copies of the files under .Private folder in my home directory.
1) Is it possible to delete the contents safely from .Private folder?
2) If yes how?
encryption directory disk-usage delete secure-erase
asked Apr 28 at 16:40
Pavithra Shenoy
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I have a problem with my growing .Private folder.
I want to keep the encryption going but want to remove the stale copies of the files under .Private folder in my home directory.
1) Is it possible to delete the contents safely from .Private folder?
2) If yes how?
encryption directory disk-usage delete secure-erase
asked Apr 28 at 16:40
Pavithra Shenoy
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I have a problem with my growing .Private folder.
I want to keep the encryption going but want to remove the stale copies of the files under .Private folder in my home directory.
1) Is it possible to delete the contents safely from .Private folder?
2) If yes how?
encryption directory disk-usage delete secure-erase
asked Apr 28 at 16:40
Pavithra Shenoy
1
I have a problem with my growing .Private folder.
I want to keep the encryption going but want to remove the stale copies of the files under .Private folder in my home directory.
1) Is it possible to delete the contents safely from .Private folder?
2) If yes how?
encryption directory disk-usage delete secure-erase
asked Apr 28 at 16:40
Pavithra Shenoy
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asked Apr 28 at 16:40
Pavithra Shenoy
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asked Apr 28 at 16:40
Pavithra Shenoy
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asked Apr 28 at 16:40
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Bad Idea! The encrypted files in ~/.Private are the ACTUAL files, encrypted. Don't mess with them!
What you think of as your files are artifacts of the ecryptfs file system driver, which, using the encrypted files in ~/.Private, produces the files you see.
answered Apr 28 at 21:58
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Bad Idea! The encrypted files in ~/.Private are the ACTUAL files, encrypted. Don't mess with them!
What you think of as your files are artifacts of the ecryptfs file system driver, which, using the encrypted files in ~/.Private, produces the files you see.
answered Apr 28 at 21:58
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Bad Idea! The encrypted files in ~/.Private are the ACTUAL files, encrypted. Don't mess with them!
What you think of as your files are artifacts of the ecryptfs file system driver, which, using the encrypted files in ~/.Private, produces the files you see.
answered Apr 28 at 21:58
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Bad Idea! The encrypted files in ~/.Private are the ACTUAL files, encrypted. Don't mess with them!
What you think of as your files are artifacts of the ecryptfs file system driver, which, using the encrypted files in ~/.Private, produces the files you see.
answered Apr 28 at 21:58
waltinator
20.3k73968
Bad Idea! The encrypted files in ~/.Private are the ACTUAL files, encrypted. Don't mess with them!
What you think of as your files are artifacts of the ecryptfs file system driver, which, using the encrypted files in ~/.Private, produces the files you see.
answered Apr 28 at 21:58
waltinator
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answered Apr 28 at 21:58
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answered Apr 28 at 21:58
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answered Apr 28 at 21:58
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