I’m guessing that a file is created as a loopback device and encrypted (using LUKS?)
What is the mechanism used at user login to decrypt and mount the encrypted $HOME and to re-encrypt it at logout?
I confess an ulterior motive here - SWMBO has recently got her hands on an Acer Aspire one running Linpus Lite and there’s absolutely no security on it
Personally I’d dump Linpus and put on openSUSE but it’s her box and she likes the simple interface that Acer have supplied so maybe I can set up the encrypted $HOME as YaST does for openSUSE if I can find out what to do.
Any hints, links, HOWTOs that don’t overload my poor burned-out grey cells with spurious information greatly appreciated.
On 2011-04-11 09:36, fudokai wrote:
> Any hints, links, HOWTOs that don’t overload my poor burned-out grey
> cells with spurious information greatly appreciated.
I would simply set up a new user in my computer with encrypted home, with
YaST, then find out how it works.
I use encrypted partitions, but not home. I think it creates a loop mounted
encrypted filesystem of the size you say, in the existing home. It probably
needs some mechanism when login in.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)
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> Whether automatically mounted or if you prefer to custom mount a loop
> device, note that there is an encryption option
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> Code:
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> man losetup
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> Tony
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with spurious information greatly appreciated.