Hi,
I'm new to Fedora - been using Ubuntu for years. I just installed
Fedora 14 to my laptop and selected to encrypt /home.
When I boot, I have to enter the password for the encrypted directory.
Did I set it up wrong? I didn't expect to have to enter the password
at boot but instead thought th
On 04/24/2011 09:46 PM, ssc1478 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to Fedora - been using Ubuntu for years. I just installed
> Fedora 14 to my laptop and selected to encrypt /home.
>
> When I boot, I have to enter the password for the encrypted directory.
> Did I set it up wrong? I didn't expect to have
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On 04/25/2011 09:48 AM, Digimer wrote:
> On 04/24/2011 09:46 PM, ssc1478 wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm new to Fedora - been using Ubuntu for years. I just installed
>> Fedora 14 to my laptop and selected to encrypt /home.
>>
>> When I boot, I have to enter
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On 04/24/2011 11:58 PM, Gregory Hosler wrote:
> alternately, you can setup /etc/crypttab so that the password is not entered
> manually.
>
> All the best,
>
> -Greg
>
Would this not then defeat the purpose of encrypting the partition ? :)
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On 04/25/2011 01:01 PM, Larry Brower wrote:
> On 04/24/2011 11:58 PM, Gregory Hosler wrote:
>
>> alternately, you can setup /etc/crypttab so that the password is not entered
>> manually.
>
>> All the best,
>
>> -Greg
>
>
>
> Would this not then d
Around 10:34am on Monday, April 25, 2011 (UK time), Gregory Hosler scrawled:
> putting the passphrase into /etc/crypttab does make it readily available
> (which
> reduces the effectiveness of encrypting to begin with).
>
> However ... crypttab has allowance of putting the passphrase into a file.
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 6:48 AM, Steve Searle wrote:
> Around 10:34am on Monday, April 25, 2011 (UK time), Gregory Hosler scrawled:
>
>> putting the passphrase into /etc/crypttab does make it readily available
>> (which
>> reduces the effectiveness of encrypting to begin with).
>>
>> However ...
On 25/04/2011 12:14, ssc1478 wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 6:48 AM, Steve Searle wrote:
>> Around 10:34am on Monday, April 25, 2011 (UK time), Gregory Hosler scrawled:
>>
>>> putting the passphrase into /etc/crypttab does make it readily available
>>> (which
>>> reduces the effectiveness of
On Mon, 2011-04-25 at 07:14 -0400, ssc1478 wrote:
> I encrypt the home directory - to defend against theft. But entering
> the passphrase at every boot each time is not all that friendly.
I encrypt the main volume, which holds all the partitions. You get
asked to enter a password before boot can
2011/4/25 ssc1478
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 6:48 AM, Steve Searle
> wrote:
> > Around 10:34am on Monday, April 25, 2011 (UK time), Gregory Hosler
> scrawled:
> >
> >> putting the passphrase into /etc/crypttab does make it readily available
> (which
> >> reduces the effectiveness of encrypting to
Gregory Hosler wrote:
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> On 04/25/2011 09:48 AM, Digimer wrote:
>> On 04/24/2011 09:46 PM, ssc1478 wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm new to Fedora - been using Ubuntu for years. I just installed
>>> Fedora 14 to my laptop and selected to encrypt /home.
On 5/1/11 5:18 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Gregory Hosler wrote:
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>> On 04/25/2011 09:48 AM, Digimer wrote:
>>> On 04/24/2011 09:46 PM, ssc1478 wrote:
Hi,
I'm new to Fedora - been using Ubuntu for years. I just installed
Fedo
James McKenzie wrote:
> On 5/1/11 5:18 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>> Gregory Hosler wrote:
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>>> On 04/25/2011 09:48 AM, Digimer wrote:
On 04/24/2011 09:46 PM, ssc1478 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to Fedora - been using Ubuntu for y
On 5/7/11 12:54 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> James McKenzie wrote:
>> On 5/1/11 5:18 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>>> Gregory Hosler wrote:
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On 04/25/2011 09:48 AM, Digimer wrote:
> On 04/24/2011 09:46 PM, ssc1478 wrote:
>> Hi,
James McKenzie wrote:
> On 5/7/11 12:54 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>> James McKenzie wrote:
>>> On 5/1/11 5:18 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
Gregory Hosler wrote:
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> On 04/25/2011 09:48 AM, Digimer wrote:
>> On 04/24/2011 09:46 PM
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On 04/25/2011 03:46 AM, ssc1478 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to Fedora - been using Ubuntu for years. I just installed
> Fedora 14 to my laptop and selected to encrypt /home.
>
> When I boot, I have to enter the password for the encrypted directory.
>
On 05/24/2011 12:40 PM, Sebastian Rust wrote:
> you might wanna have a look at cryptfsAuthConfig. It's a new feature in
> Fedora 15 (released today hurray :-) ) and allows you to decrypt and
> mount /home by entering your user password. Haven't looked in it yet and
> and I don't know how well it is
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