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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] crypt my home repository
Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:30:57
Message-Id: 20120102132931.36bbfd6f@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] crypt my home repository by "Stéphane Guedon"
1 On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 14:12:31 +0100, Stéphane Guedon wrote:
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3 > > Alternatively, if you are using dmcrypt to encrypt /home, and you are
4 > > the only user, set KDE to auto-login that user. The login will fail if
5 > > dmcrypt failed to open your home partition, so one password
6 > > effectively secures it all.
7 >
8 > I am not the only user !
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10 In that case, you probably want to use encfs to encrypt each home
11 directory separately. dmcrypt works on block devices, so a single home
12 partition would have a single password.
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16 Neil Bothwick
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18 With free advice you often get what you pay for.

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Re: [gentoo-user] crypt my home repository Florian Philipp <lists@×××××××××××.net>