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Title:
Prevent `dd` from destroying SSD or HDD
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/2017/01/04/Prevent-_dd_-from-destroying-SSD-or-HDD
Created:
January 4, 2017
Edited: June 25, 2017
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Create dd
wrapper script
Open the terminal using Ctrl+Alt+T. Then call gedit
with:
gksu gedit /usr/local/bin/dd
and copy and paste these commands:
#!/bin/bash
# Who called this script?
PARENT_COMMAND="$(ps -o comm= $PPID)"
if [[ $(id -u) != 0 ]]; then # Only non-root processes enter password (ie "sudo dd ..." is ok)
echo dd must be called with sudo powers
exit 1
fi
# log dd usage for audit trails
# log-file '"$PARENT_COMMAND"" - ""$@"' "/var/log/dd-usage"
# Display hints & arguments. Get any key to proceed or <Ctrl>+C to abort
echo "╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗"
echo "║ ║"
echo "║ dd - Data Duplicator ║"
echo "║ ║"
echo "╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝"
echo
echo " Parameter 1 hint: if=/dev/zero"
echo " Parameter 2 hint: of=/dev/sdY where Y cannot be a, b or c"
echo " Parms >2 hints: bs=512 is default block size"
echo " Parms >2 hints: count=100 will process 100 blocks"
echo
echo " Use /bin/dd --help for more info (don't use dd --help)"
echo
# Display drive letterss, names and sizes without partitions for guide
lsblk -ido KNAME,TYPE,SIZE,MODEL
echo
echo " Current parameters: "”$@”
echo
echo " Press <Enter> to continue or <Ctrl>+C to abort."
read ANYKEY
if [[ "$2" != of=* ]]; then
echo -e "\a" # PC speaker beep or pleasant bell with PulseAudio hooks
echo "ERROR! Parameter 2 must start with 'of=' (output file=)"
exit 2
fi
if [[ "$2" =~ "sda" ]]; then
echo -e "\a" # PC speaker beep or pleasant bell with PulseAudio hooks
echo "ERROR! Output file (of=) cannot be /dev/sda"
exit 2
fi
if [[ "$2" =~ "sdb" ]]; then
echo -e "\a" # PC speaker beep or pleasant bell with PulseAudio hooks
echo "ERROR! Output file (of=) cannot be /dev/sdb"
exit 2
fi
if [[ "$2" =~ "sdc" ]]; then
echo -e "\a" # PC speaker beep or pleasant bell with PulseAudio hooks
echo "ERROR! Output file (of=) cannot be /dev/sdc"
exit 2
fi
# Call REAL dd command with parameters passed to this wrapper sript
/bin/dd "$@"
exit 0
Save the file and exit gedit
.
Lastly mark the new dd
as executable with:
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/dd
What it looks like
Below is how it appears on your terminal screen when you’ve called the new dd
script without using the protected drives.
$ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdd bs=512 count=100
╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ ║
║ dd - Data Duplicator ║
║ ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
Parameter 1 hint: if=/dev/zero
Parameter 2 hint: of=/dev/sdY where Y cannot be a, b or c
Parms >2 hints: bs=512 is default block size
Parms >2 hints: count=100 will process 100 blocks
Use /bin/dd --help for more info (don't use dd --help)
KNAME TYPE SIZE MODEL
sda disk 223.6G KINGSTON SHSS37A
sdb disk 465.8G ST9500423AS
sdc disk 119.2G KingFast
sdd disk 29.8G USB Flash Drive
sr0 rom 1024M DVD+-RW GT80N
Current parameters: 'if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdd bs=512 count=100'
Press <Enter> to continue or <Ctrl>+C to abort.
100+0 records in
100+0 records out
51200 bytes (51 kB, 50 KiB) copied, 0.00339331 s, 15.1 MB/s
Notes
Because the wrapper script is located in /usr/local/bin
it is called before the regular command stored in /bin
.
The second parameter must begin with of=
and can not contain sda
, sdb
or sdc
, add more drives to protect or subtract drives depending on your installation.
Line draw characters may not work on older platforms or different character sets. Use “+—+” for top and bottom lines and “ | ” for middle lines or remove them altogether. |
log-file
is a script for logging commands to audit files. You can replace it with your own command and un-comment the line by removing the leading #
.