jeremy jozwik wrote: > mornin list, ive got a crap memory. and i used to use a password > manager on my old blackberry that was, oddly enough, password > protected. so my question today is weather or not it is possible to > password protect a file on the openmoko so much so root cannot access > it without the correct password? > > i know this would be tragic if i forgot the password but remembering > one is a lot easier then remembering 20. > > at any rate is it do able or would i need to create a user login for the moko? > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > Hi Jeremy,
You could use pgp/gpg for this, root needs a password protected key to open the file. you also could use an encrypted partition/loopback file. Root could mount that, with a password and then access the files on that filesystem. And unmount it after you are finished reading the file(s). Kind regards, Ed _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
