ecryptfs and password

2011-04-24 Thread ssc1478
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

Re: ecryptfs and password

2011-04-24 Thread Digimer
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

Re: ecryptfs and password

2011-04-24 Thread Gregory Hosler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 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

Re: ecryptfs and password

2011-04-24 Thread Larry Brower
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 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 ? :)

Re: ecryptfs and password

2011-04-25 Thread Gregory Hosler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 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

Re: ecryptfs and password

2011-04-25 Thread Steve Searle
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.

Re: ecryptfs and password

2011-04-25 Thread 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 begin with). >> >> However ...

Re: ecryptfs and password

2011-04-25 Thread laurence orchard
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

Re: ecryptfs and password

2011-04-25 Thread Tim
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

Re: ecryptfs and password

2011-04-25 Thread Jan Willies
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

Re: ecryptfs and password

2011-05-01 Thread Bill Davidsen
Gregory Hosler wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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.

Re: ecryptfs and password

2011-05-01 Thread James McKenzie
On 5/1/11 5:18 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Gregory Hosler wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> 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

Re: ecryptfs and password

2011-05-07 Thread Bill Davidsen
James McKenzie wrote: > On 5/1/11 5:18 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: >> Gregory Hosler wrote: >>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> 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

Re: ecryptfs and password

2011-05-07 Thread James McKenzie
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: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/25/2011 09:48 AM, Digimer wrote: > On 04/24/2011 09:46 PM, ssc1478 wrote: >> Hi,

Re: ecryptfs and password

2011-05-24 Thread Bill Davidsen
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: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 04/25/2011 09:48 AM, Digimer wrote: >> On 04/24/2011 09:46 PM

Re: ecryptfs and password

2011-05-24 Thread Sebastian Rust
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 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. >

Re: ecryptfs and password

2011-05-24 Thread Robert Nichols
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