From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] crypt my home repository
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 12:58:03 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120102125803.686b65eb@digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F01A4F8.50209@binarywings.net>
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On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:37:12 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote:
> Well, it is partially integrated: When it is not /home/* but some other
> partition/external disk, then KDE supports decrypting it when you mount
> it (like memory sticks). It can also save the password in kwallet. Gnome
> can do the same. However, if you want to use it for /home/* and don't
> want to enter the password twice, you should use pam_mount.
Alternatively, if you are using dmcrypt to encrypt /home, and you are the
only user, set KDE to auto-login that user. The login will fail if
dmcrypt failed to open your home partition, so one password
effectively secures it all.
--
Neil Bothwick
What did the first man to discover you can get milk from cows think he
was doing? - anon.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-02 13:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-02 8:07 [gentoo-user] crypt my home repository Stéphane Guedon
2012-01-02 9:23 ` Kfir Lavi
2012-01-02 10:49 ` Florian Philipp
2012-01-02 11:01 ` Florian Philipp
2012-01-02 11:36 ` Stéphane Guedon
2012-01-02 12:37 ` Florian Philipp
2012-01-02 12:58 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2012-01-02 13:12 ` Stéphane Guedon
2012-01-02 13:29 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-01-02 14:26 ` Florian Philipp
2012-01-02 17:06 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-01-02 18:16 ` Kfir Lavi
2012-01-02 16:17 ` Stéphane Guedon
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