password protect or encrypt part of the file system like file or directory

password protect or encrypt part of the file system like file or directory

[unni krishnan]

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/

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

[Eric Sandeen]

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

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