Thanks! Although I didn't bother and left my home unencrypted, I might change it sometimes and consider your advice. Actually, I wonder why I didn't think of it myself.
Christian -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:12:04 -0600 > Von: Dustin Kirkland <[email protected]> > An: Christian Obst <[email protected]> > CC: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: [Ecryptfs-users] Have my home encrypted, and within it, one > non-encrypted for i.e. large files? > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Christian Obst <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I originally sent this to [email protected], as > > suggested here[1]. However, this list does not seem to exist anymore > > (although I could register there...). > > > > Christian > > > > [1]: http://ecryptfs.sourceforge.net/ecryptfs-faq.html#nothere > > Hi there! > > Yeah, all of that stuff is out of date, and has been moved to Launchpad. > > Also, my apologies for the really, really, really long over due > response. A bunch of mails (yours included) got caught up in a mail > filter, and I just released them recently. > > > Hi, > > > > I am thinking about encrypting my home dir, but occacsionally, I move > > large files around (i.e. movies), and I am worrying about performance. > > Is it possible to have something like a reverse ~/Private > > configuration, i.e. my home is generally encrypted, but I can designate > > one directory that automatically stores non-encrypted data? Something > > like ~/Insecure? > > > > Another example would be game files, because I imagine having them > > decrypted on-the-fly while playing could significantly slow it down. > > Great question! > > Actually, it's as simple as dropping a symlink into place. > > For instance, I encrypt my entire home directory. I also do quite a > bit with virtual machines in KVM, which have really big backing disk > images which require quite a bit of file I/O. For this, I just setup > a little symlink out of my home directory to some non-encrypted space. > For instance: > ln -s /srv/virt-images $HOME/virt-images > > And voila -- I can do all the work I want in $HOME/virt-images and not > pay the encryption penalty. > > Hope that helps! > > -- > :-Dustin > > Dustin Kirkland > Ubuntu Core Developer _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs-users Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs-users More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
