Hi Neil, I was using ssh with a password.
Cheers, J. J. On Wed, 2010-12-22 at 10:20 -0700, Neil B wrote: > Hmmm...pardon the 20 questions...just trying to decipher why there > would be different outcomes to apparently the same setup. :) > > John, how are you logging in remotely? SSH keys or password? > > I had mine set up to disable passwords on SSH and had restricted it to > just using keys. > > ~Neil B. > > On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 8:05 AM, John Jardine > <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Neil, > > The first time I was and realized that being logged in had > tainted the > test. > > I rebooted the machine and then logged in to it a second time > - this > time remotely - no problems. > > Cheers, > J.J. > > > On Tue, 2010-12-21 at 07:17 -0700, Neil B wrote: > > Hey John, > > > > Just curious. Were you logged on to the box while also > connecting to > > it remotely? > > > > Cheers! > > > > ~Neil B. > > > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:09 PM, John Jardine > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I lost a drive today and that prompted a new > install. I chose > > Ubuntu > > 10.10 x64 Desktop to check it out. > > > > I configured it to have an encrypted home directory > - not full > > disk > > encryption. > > > > I can reboot this machine and then ssh to it > successfully. > > This is > > counter to your experience. I can't explain what or > why this > > is > > different though. > > > > I have not bothered to check the directory by > booting from > > another disk > > and checking it out - I'll leave that for the > paranoid:) > > > > I did pickup on one part of the install when it gave > > instructions on > > access without logging in. I was asked to configure > a secure > > passphrase > > to use to manually access my home directory. It > said to use a > > tool > > 'ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase'. > > > > I haven't messed with it yet - everything is still > at the > > stage where > > "it just works" so I'm loath to fix that:) > > > > Cheers, > > J.J. > > > > > > > > On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 21:59 -0700, shawn wrote: > > > I tried the encrypted home directory and ran into > problems > > with SSH to > > > that box via ssh keys. Which makes sense - the > keys are > > encrypted and > > > can't be read until you login. But you can't > login without > > the keys... > > > Guess it would make sense for a desktop that will > be > > unlikely to be > > > connected TO via ssh. Either that or I missed a > step > > somewhere. > > > > > > I'm running Kubuntu 10.10 now with an encrypted > drive. The > > install > > > process was pretty straight forward and everything > is > > working as > > > expected (with a new *buntu install - sound > issues, data > > migration, > > > etc.) I still want to encrypt a drive manually > from the > > command line > > > just to learn the details, but the docs I've seen > are old > > (2007ish or > > > earlier) and make a lot of assumptions about base > knowledge > > making the > > > docs difficult to read. > > > > > > Shawn > > > > > > On 10-12-05 04:42 PM, Gustin Johnson wrote: > > > > On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 11:12 PM, > > Shawn<[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I'm looking for any decent links/how-to's for > full disk > > encryption. > > > > For truecrypt > > > > http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/ > > > > > > > > Truecrypt also has an option for a secret hidden > OS > > > > > > > > On Ubuntu you can do it at install if you use > the > > alternate install > > > > CD. I used this a couple of times and it worked > well. > > The encrypted > > > > home directory is what I use now. The one issue > is that > > if you have a > > > > slight issue with your hard drive, and I mean > slight, all > > the data is > > > > pretty much toast. It does not even have to be > a bad > > disk, just a > > > > wrong bit flipped at the wrong time which > happens more > > than you think > > > > on modern hard drives. 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