Re: Is there a Linux file-safe for Fedora's home file..?
On Mon, 2011-12-12 at 20:13 -0800, Peter Gordon wrote: On Mon, 2011-12-12 at 19:10 -0800, Linda McLeod wrote: Is there a super secure way to lock Home File with an encrypted password..? Is there anything in Linux that locks a file behind a tier or key of passwords..? One thing that comes to mind is to keep the entire /home directory on a LUKS-encrypted partition or similar. (In fact, the past few Fedora releases have made this relatively simple: just enable the Encrypt option for that partition in the installation screen.) This works if you have a single-user system, but it's not great if you have a shared machine. I think he's asking for a file vault of some sort where you can maintain your own home directory as encrypted separate from the whole filesystem. I'm not currently aware of any such mechanism in Fedora, but I'd be interested to find out if I'm wrong. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Is there a Linux file-safe for Fedora's home file..?
On 12/13/2011 07:59 AM, Stephen Gallagher wrote: This works if you have a single-user system, but it's not great if you have a shared machine. I think he's asking for a file vault of some sort where you can maintain your own home directory as encrypted separate from the whole filesystem. I'm not currently aware of any such mechanism in Fedora, but I'd be interested to find out if I'm wrong. FYI - fuse encfs will do this - but, like all things fuse, its horribly slow in my view ... I have used it for keeping a single directory within /home/user/private I much prefer luks tho ... as you say different purpose. gene -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Is there a Linux file-safe for Fedora's home file..?
On 12/13/2011 04:59 AM, Stephen Gallagher wrote: This works if you have a single-user system, but it's not great if you have a shared machine. I think he's asking for a file vault of some sort where you can maintain your own home directory as encrypted separate from the whole filesystem. I suppose that you could create an encrypted partition and mount it at /home/$USER, so that that user's files are encrypted but not anybody else's. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Is there a Linux file-safe for Fedora's home file..?
On 13Dec2011 09:51, Joe Zeff j...@zeff.us wrote: | On 12/13/2011 04:59 AM, Stephen Gallagher wrote: | This works if you have a single-user system, but it's not great if you | have a shared machine. I think he's asking for a file vault of some sort | where you can maintain your own home directory as encrypted separate | from the whole filesystem. | | I suppose that you could create an encrypted partition and mount it | at /home/$USER, so that that user's files are encrypted but not | anybody else's. That would be the way, but it creates something of a partitioning problem, both in that it doesn't scale and that if your system is already partitioned you can't do it at that point. But using the same general idea one could make a sparse filesystem image: make a nice big sparse file, attach it as an encrypted partition (I'm imagining LVM and/or dm is the right tool), mkfs, mount. Someone who knows the commands to make an encrypte filesystem and to use LVM or the device mapper stuff to map a file to a mountable device should be able to fill in the gaps. That should get you I/O behavour much more efficient that FUSE based methods. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson c...@zip.com.au DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ To be or not to be?Not to be. - John Slater (Arnold Schwartzenegger), _Macbeth_ (_The_Last_Action_Hero_) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Is there a Linux file-safe for Fedora's home file..?
On 12/12/2011 09:10 PM, Linda McLeod wrote: Is there a super secure way to lock Home File with an encrypted password..? Is there anything in Linux that locks a file behind a tier or key of passwords..? This looks like it will do what you want: http://www.rootninja.com/how-to-use-ecryptfs-on-fedora/ -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Is there a Linux file-safe for Fedora's home file..?
Is there a super secure way to lock Home File with an encrypted password..? Is there anything in Linux that locks a file behind a tier or key of passwords..? -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The way an email service should be -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Is there a Linux file-safe for Fedora's home file..?
On Mon, 2011-12-12 at 19:10 -0800, Linda McLeod wrote: Is there a super secure way to lock Home File with an encrypted password..? What do you mean by Home File? That's not a term of art in Linux. Do you mean Home Directory? Is there anything in Linux that locks a file behind a tier or key of passwords..? You can use an encrypted home directory. poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Is there a Linux file-safe for Fedora's home file..?
On Mon, 2011-12-12 at 19:10 -0800, Linda McLeod wrote: Is there a super secure way to lock Home File with an encrypted password..? Is there anything in Linux that locks a file behind a tier or key of passwords..? One thing that comes to mind is to keep the entire /home directory on a LUKS-encrypted partition or similar. (In fact, the past few Fedora releases have made this relatively simple: just enable the Encrypt option for that partition in the installation screen.) -- Peter Gordon (codergeek42) pe...@thecodergeek.com Who am I? :: http://thecodergeek.com/about-me signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
