Dan Mundy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Erpo wrote: > >>The spanish thread on the list right now is revolving around the problem >>of sharing encrypted data between WinXP and Linux. The original poster >>wants to share a read/write partition between the two OSs on a laptop >>and have transparent encryption of the files on that partition. >> >>I said that NTFS will do this (windows only) as well as dm-crypt (linux >>only), but I'm stumped as far as cross-platform solutions with >>compatible on-disk formats. The only suggestion I could offer was to use >>FAT32 and manually encrypt and decrypt the files before using them >>(yuck). Any non-spanish-speakers have suggestions? >> >> >>Eric >> >> >what is the device name of his windows partition? i have found a way to >mount windows partitions in linux at startup. > >as root, gedit /etc/fstab. add a line like this just before the swap line: > >/dev/hda1 /win auto >auto,user,exec,rw,async 0 0 > >create a folder named /win, and reboot. on the gnome desktop there >should be a drive with the title 'win'. next, configure whatever you >need to run off /win. This is how i manage windows files in linux.
I will caution you that at one time RedHat put in support for the NTFS file system but for mounting READ ONLY. Unfortunately too many idiots mounted their system NTFS partition RW (read and write) and trashed their Windows Operating system. For that reason, you will have to add support for NTFS yourself, but mount it READ ONLY! Support for FAT32 is built in. I would add that in addition to handling the FAT32 partition, you may want to mount the NTFS partitions, so what I do is add the letter matching the DRIVE: designation on to /win. # as root type mkdir /win mkdir /win/e # my FAT32 partition # This mount line works with FC3. I used a different set of parameters # for FC1 and RH9 & Mandrake. /dev/hda3 /win/e vfat noauto,users,owner 0 0 ------ You do not have to use the rw, since that is the default. I strongly caution against using async, especially if you have EIDE_32BIT=3 and LOOKAHEAD=1 like I do. For me, this means that: /win/e/GnuPG/cryptedfile.gpg on Linux is the same file as: E:\GnuPG\cryptedfile.gpg on Windows are one and the same file. Sorry, but I can't help you out on Debian. The one I used to use on FC1 also worked on SuSE and Mandrake, but I think the above should work with just a few minor tweaks. ENCRYPTION IS USED BY A TROJAN: =============================== I thought you would all like to hear that a Trojan Horse is now using encryption to encrypt people's files and hold them for ransom: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1821782,00.asp http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.gpcoder.html Now unlike that judge who found the mere presence of PGP on the person's machine (I would have loved being a member of the jury to show the judge just how ignorant he was) as indication of illegal activity, this IS an illegal use of encryption! I am amazed they even caught it at all, and evidently a bat file deleting itself is okay now. HHH -- Key Name: "Henry Hertz Hobbit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> pub 1024D/E1FA6C62 2005-04-11 [expires: 2006-04-11] Key fingerprint = ACA0 B65B E20A 552E DFE2 EE1D 75B9 D818 E1FA 6C62 _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
