[gentoo-user] [OT crypto] How to encrypt a directory without root?

2010-01-01 Thread Harry Putnam
I want to encrypt a directory heirarchy on a remote machine where I don't have root. I can use either an openbsd, or gentoo remote.

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT crypto] How to encrypt a directory without root?

2010-01-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:32:07 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: I want to encrypt a directory heirarchy on a remote machine where I don't have root. I can use either an openbsd, or gentoo remote. Provided the kernel has ecrypt support and the userspace utilities are installed, you can use ecrypt to

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT crypto] How to encrypt a directory without root?

2010-01-01 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag 01 Januar 2010 19:32:07 schrieb Harry Putnam: I want to encrypt a directory heirarchy on a remote machine where I don't have root. I can use either an openbsd, or gentoo remote. Not having root access usually means no chance to mount something. That in turn means that you can only

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT crypto] How to encrypt a directory without root?

2010-01-01 Thread Ming-Che Lee
Hi, On Friday 01 January 2010 19:32:07 Harry Putnam wrote: I want to encrypt a directory heirarchy on a remote machine where I don't have root. I can use either an openbsd, or gentoo remote. Maybe of some help: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9880 Regards, Ming-Che

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT crypto] How to encrypt a directory without root?

2010-01-01 Thread Johannes Kimmel
Harry Putnam wrote: I want to encrypt a directory heirarchy on a remote machine where I don't have root. I can use either an openbsd, or gentoo remote. Encfs could also be interesting for you. Johannes

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT crypto] How to encrypt a directory without root?

2010-01-01 Thread felix
On Fri, Jan 01, 2010 at 10:57:20PM +0100, Ming-Che Lee wrote: Maybe of some help: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9880 Looks good to me -- I use some FUSE encryption setup which looks similar, but it's been years since I set it up. It wasn't hard. It has one decided quirk which I