Is there a Linux "file-safe" for Fedora's home file..?

Peter Gordon peter at thecodergeek.com
Tue Dec 13 04:13:41 UTC 2011


On Mon, 2011-12-12 at 19:10 -0800, Linda McLeod wrote:
> Is there a super secure way to lock "Home File" with an encrypted
> password..?
> 
> Is there anything in Linux that locks a file behind a tier or key of
> passwords..?

One thing that comes to mind is to keep the entire /home directory on a
LUKS-encrypted partition or similar. (In fact, the past few Fedora
releases have made this relatively simple: just enable the "Encrypt"
option for that partition in the installation screen.)
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Peter Gordon (codergeek42) <peter at thecodergeek.com>
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