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From: "Stéphane Guedon" <stephane@××××××××××.eu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] crypt my home repository
Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:14:28
Message-Id: 201201021412.31844.stephane@22decembre.eu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] crypt my home repository by Neil Bothwick
1 On Monday 02 January 2012 13:58:03 Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:37:12 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote:
3 > > Well, it is partially integrated: When it is not /home/* but some other
4 > > partition/external disk, then KDE supports decrypting it when you mount
5 > > it (like memory sticks). It can also save the password in kwallet. Gnome
6 > > can do the same. However, if you want to use it for /home/* and don't
7 > > want to enter the password twice, you should use pam_mount.
8 >
9 > Alternatively, if you are using dmcrypt to encrypt /home, and you are the
10 > only user, set KDE to auto-login that user. The login will fail if
11 > dmcrypt failed to open your home partition, so one password
12 > effectively secures it all.
13
14 I am not the only user !
15
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Re: [gentoo-user] crypt my home repository Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>