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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 13:00:01
Message-Id: 20120102125803.686b65eb@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] crypt my home repository by Florian Philipp
1 On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:37:12 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote:
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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.
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15 --
16 Neil Bothwick
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18 What did the first man to discover you can get milk from cows think he
19 was doing? - anon.

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