On 8/23/06, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On the other hand, I could just insert the encrypting script (which
> reads a key from USB stick and cattaches the encraypted folder) into
> .profile and the shared folder gets assigned to the user on login.
This seems to work only partly in my scenario.
Even though I can mount the same encrypted folder with different users
and create files, and permissions are 644 or 755 it is not possible to
access files/folders created by other users, only own stuff.
Neither is it possible, even as the owner, to change the ownership of
files/folders inside the encrypted directory to another user.
First, check your permissions. As root you should be able to do
anything. Did you try running your commands as root?
Which would normally be just fine, but I also would like an encrypted
shared folder that any user that got the key can read/write into, anyone
got a solution for this?
I'm confused what your setup is like. Is this a laptop or a
rackmounted shell box? If it's the latter, you shouldn't really need
to worry about encrypting your drives, so long as you keep the box
secure. As for folders that only people with the right permissions can
use.... ever hear of the Unix filesystem permissions scheme?
Since I couldn't find vnconfig for Linux I am wondering if there is
there any other folder/partition/disc encryption method that both, BSD
and Linux systems can access.
Probably not. But you know, if you are looking for security you
probably don't want to throw linux in the mix.... (yes that was snide)
-Nick
