On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 12:15 +0100, James Westby wrote: > On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 10:13 +0100, Neil Greenwood wrote: > > 2008/10/3 Ian Pascoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Evening all > > > > > > A quick question on how the forthcoming encryption will work. > > > > > > Can it be set up to allow root to access the encrypted files as well as > > > the > > > legitimate owner? > > > > > > Ian > > > > > > > Hi Ian, > > > > I don't know the details of the proposal yet, but I seem to recall > > that it's using something like cryptfs or luks (I could have those > > terms slightly wrong). If so, then the files won't be accessible to > > root. > > Hi Neil, > > I believe you are correct. It's using "ecryptfs", so you are pretty > close. > > I believe root won't be able to read the files, unless it is given > the secret key used to encrypt them. > > Thanks, > > James > > James/Neil,
The root user will still be able to read files if the user is logged in, because the private folder will be mounted. Regards Chris
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