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ultrat3rry
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« on: October 17, 2009, 09:27:19 PM » |
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ecryptfs encryption tool has been available in the Linux kernel for a while but not all distros include it. Is it available in Unity's kernel? https://launchpad.net/ecryptfs |
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gettinther
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« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2009, 04:38:23 AM » |
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Yes, ecryptfs is built into the kernel as a module
You can see what is and isn't built into the kernel by looking up the /boot/config-name_of_your_kernel
If you look in our kernel, you'll find CONFIG_ECRYPT_FS=m (n for no, y for yes and m for module).
When created as a module, it needs to be modprobed (all modules are modprobed by default unless you blacklist them afaik)
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the module is in
/lib/modules/2.6.31.3-unity0.1.srv/kernel/fs/ecryptfs/
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ultrat3rry
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« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2009, 07:11:03 AM » |
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Thanks for this info Gett. I am still learning where to poke around to find things.
Cheers.
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« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2009, 01:09:27 PM » |
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You're welcome. We all started at some stage and got help along the way. Glad to have been of assistance.
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« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2009, 02:45:16 PM » |
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how would I go about utilizing encryptfs? I am considering encrypting the partitions on my laptop (in the even of it being "lost"...)
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« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2009, 02:19:39 PM » |
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« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2009, 04:29:21 PM » |
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Say that's very clever, wish I'd thought of that... |
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Every program has at least one bug and can be shortened by at least one instruction -- from which one can deduce that every program can be reduced to one instruction which doesn't work.
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« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2009, 05:16:48 PM » |
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LoL, I'll have to remember that one. How do you set that one up? I could use that at work at least a dozen times a day.
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« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2009, 09:21:18 PM » |
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cute... real cute...
thanks...
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« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2009, 04:52:17 AM » |
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This can be a tool for good and evil, depending on what you put in the search line  |
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