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* password protect or encrypt part of the file system like file or directory
@ 2011-06-01  5:27 unni krishnan
  2011-06-01  5:35 ` Eric Sandeen
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: unni krishnan @ 2011-06-01  5:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-ext4

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.

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Thank you,
Unni
http://www.mutexes.org/
http://www.mutexes.org/imdb-movie-fetcher/

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* Re: password protect or encrypt part of the file system like file or directory
  2011-06-01  5:27 password protect or encrypt part of the file system like file or directory unni krishnan
@ 2011-06-01  5:35 ` Eric Sandeen
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Eric Sandeen @ 2011-06-01  5:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: unni krishnan; +Cc: linux-ext4

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/
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