tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post8963807962970657609..comments2024-02-27T03:14:00.412-06:00Comments on From the Canyon Edge: A Long Overdue Introduction: ecryptfs-migrate-homeDustin Kirklandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12464590128908584782noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-27973739902926364552013-03-09T09:14:29.574-06:002013-03-09T09:14:29.574-06:00good work!good work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-64563112259414359582012-12-20T06:28:43.047-06:002012-12-20T06:28:43.047-06:00hello
i thought this script would migrate from an...hello<br /><br />i thought this script would migrate from an existing encrypted home into another - but it does not.<br /><br />i am trying to find out how i can use an existing Ubuntu encrypted $HOME in a fresh install of LMDE (LinuxMint Debian Edition).<br /><br />they seem to use the same packages but have different $HOME structures.<br /><br />any guidance that you could provide?<br /><br />thanks,<br />Nicolashttp://brainpowered.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-21757725753523488252012-12-01T10:12:33.408-06:002012-12-01T10:12:33.408-06:00Hi..
I used this script to migrate to an encrypted...Hi..<br />I used this script to migrate to an encrypted home directory. However, when I try to login after the script finishes encrypting my home, I get the error "Could not update .ICEAuthority". The permissions to my newly encrypted directory are set to 500. Is this correct? Please help me out. Thank you for your time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-88402266387485784742012-09-25T09:25:08.805-05:002012-09-25T09:25:08.805-05:00Wow, about 1 year later...
Use cryptswap if you w...Wow, about 1 year later...<br /><br />Use cryptswap if you want to keep swap confidential. If you're really worried, encrypt the whole disk with truecrypt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-27667816500671818022011-09-19T12:51:01.690-05:002011-09-19T12:51:01.690-05:00> Re: so much sensitive information gets leaked...> Re: so much sensitive information gets leaked to /tmp and swap? <br /><br />RAM for the notebooks is cheap nowadays - I have 8GB, no swap file, /tmp and /var/tmp mounted on tmpfs...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-20590347210090196472011-08-08T17:15:15.467-05:002011-08-08T17:15:15.467-05:00Does this work without any problems if the user...Does this work without any problems if the user's home directory is on an external drive and mounted at /home?Max Ludwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08420310375661786940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-90449452708722538382011-07-31T14:29:42.106-05:002011-07-31T14:29:42.106-05:00Re: so much sensitive information gets leaked to /...Re: <i>so much sensitive information gets leaked to /tmp and swap? </i><br /><br />How about using Bleachbit for the first and ' sswap' for the latter?<br /><br />Would that not be sufficient?<br />Any comments appreciated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-30674872493579183872011-03-21T01:40:22.743-05:002011-03-21T01:40:22.743-05:00The ecryptfs-migrate-home command makes things muc...The ecryptfs-migrate-home command makes things much easier, but is there an equivalent command to reverse the process for someone who decides they don't want the home folder encrypted any more?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-56314465656887047282011-02-20T07:48:28.166-06:002011-02-20T07:48:28.166-06:00"~/.ecryptfs/wrapped-passphrase" was not..."~/.ecryptfs/wrapped-passphrase" was not there on initial login. It needed a reboot to appear. Which was very stressful. That was on Debian Squeeze. So when does wrapped passphrase is created?Dimitri John Ledkovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03781709847888802395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-56964885111348419512011-02-17T06:28:47.216-06:002011-02-17T06:28:47.216-06:00@Filmm: The script recommends to use ecryptfs-setu...@Filmm: The script recommends to use ecryptfs-setup-swapAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-87050104122623258302011-02-17T06:23:40.569-06:002011-02-17T06:23:40.569-06:00Do we have something special to do when we are usi...Do we have something special to do when we are using directories synchronised to Ubuntu One?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-171186267467200902011-02-16T09:47:48.426-06:002011-02-16T09:47:48.426-06:00What's the point of encrypting your home direc...What's the point of encrypting your home directory, when so much sensitive information gets leaked to /tmp and swap? I feel telling people to encrypt their home directory is giving them a false sense of security.Flimmnoreply@blogger.com