From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Atom: architecture, distcc, crossdev and compile flags
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:06:25 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121213080625.649dc5ba@digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <50C8C1AF.4010506@binarywings.net>
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On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:41:03 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote:
> >> I personally see no reason for encrypting root as there is nothing of
> >> interest in there.
> >
> > No passwords in /etc? The main reason I encrypt / is that wicd keeps
> > its passwords in /etc.
> >
>
> I substitute with symlinks to /var/lib/*, /srv/* or similar.
I used to do that, although I linked to /home/etc, but I found myself
adding more and more and worried about missing something important. So I
decided to learn how to create an initramfs and now have all but /boot
(and sometimes /usr) encrypted.
--
Neil Bothwick
Top Oxymorons Number 5: Twelve-ounce pound cake
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-12-13 8:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-11 17:36 [gentoo-user] Intel Atom: architecture, distcc, crossdev and compile flags Frank Steinmetzger
2012-12-11 19:40 ` Norman Invasion
2012-12-11 20:20 ` Florian Philipp
2012-12-12 1:40 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2012-12-12 8:16 ` Florian Philipp
2012-12-12 9:40 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-12-12 17:41 ` Florian Philipp
2012-12-13 8:06 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2012-12-14 22:29 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2012-12-13 18:24 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-12-11 20:23 ` Joseph
2012-12-12 8:32 ` Walter Dnes
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