[ale] Encrypted filesystem on netbook

[ale at pcartwright.com (Paul Cartwright)]

On Sun November 22 2009, Andrew Grieser wrote:
> What is the best way to do this? The Ubuntu alternate cd offers a
> completely encrypted install, but I've also seen that it offers a "private"
> folder. Is there a major difference in security between these options?

I use ecryptfs:
ii  ecryptfs-utils                                          68-1                                
ecryptfs cryptographic filesystem (utilities)


on Debian Lenny. When I open a terminal window my .bashrc has these lines in 
it :
#/usr/bin/ecryptfs-mount-confidential
# /sbin/mount.ecryptfs_private
ecryptfs-mount-private

unless you put in the passphrase, the Private folder never gets mounted..

the mount command shows:

/home/pbc/.Private on /home/pbc/Private type ecryptfs 
(rw,ecryptfs_sig=bbe680907eaf0cb6,ecryptfs_cipher=aes,ecryptfs_key_bytes=16,user=pbc)

it is under my /home folder yet df -h shows this:

/dev/sda7             165G  111G   46G  71% /home 
/home/pbc/.Private    165G  111G   46G  71% /home/pbc/Private

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Paul Cartwright
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