On 24/09/08 01:43, Dustin Kirkland wrote: > That said, let me throw out another perhaps more controversial > option... What if we didn't ask, and we just provided ~/Private > encrypted by default? If unspecified, the mount passphrase is > randomly generated from 128 bits of /dev/urandom. We can do that > completely entirely and reliably without adding a screen to the > installer, and provide the system administrator user a secure, > encrypted location to drop critical data by default on any Ubuntu > Server When I saw the previous posts come past I wondered if this wasn't a better option. Leading by example.
I'm not familiar with how it's created, but could it be "built-in" as you suggest and be created when an account is made as part of the adduser process? Could the (initial) pass-phrase be the user's login password? -- Onno Benschop Connected via Optus B3 at S31°54'06" - E115°50'39" (Yokine, WA) -- ()/)/)() ..ASCII for Onno.. |>>? ..EBCDIC for Onno.. --- -. -. --- ..Morse for Onno.. ITmaze - ABN: 56 178 057 063 - ph: 04 1219 8888 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
