On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 10:32:59AM +0100, Roger Baklund wrote: > > How would MySQL react to having some of its data files stored on > > encrypted loop-back devices that aren't available all the time, but are > > always available when a certain user logs in? > > I'm sorry, I don't understand the question... :) > > What is an 'encryptet loop-back device'? The only thing I know of referred > to as a 'loop-back device' is the virtual network device known as > 'localhost' or 127.0.0.1. dd if=/dev/zero of=bigfile.dat bs=1k count=1024 mount -oloop bigfile.dat /var/bigfile
... store files in /var/bigfile (Virtual loop interface for disk subsystem). You can do the same thing but use encryption on the device so the 'real' data stored in bigfile.dat is encrypted, but /var/bigfile isn't. -- Michael T. Babcock CTO, FibreSpeed Ltd. (Hosting, Security, Consultation, Database, etc) http://www.fibrespeed.net/~mbabcock/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
