linux-ext4 - Re: password protect or encrypt part of the file system like file or directory

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:35:19 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	unni krishnan <list@...exes.org>
CC:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: password protect or encrypt part of the file system like file
 or directory

On 6/1/11 12:27 AM, unni krishnan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just want to know, if it is possible to protect a file or directory
> at file system level, so that nobody can access it without knowing the
> authentication credentials irrespective of the system it is mounted.

You can use ecryptfs to do this sort of thing.

-Eric

> --
> Thank you,
> Unni
> http://www.mutexes.org/
> http://www.mutexes.org/imdb-movie-fetcher/
> --
> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in
> the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
> More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html