Re: [ubuntu-uk] Encrypted Directories

2008-10-06 Thread James Westby
On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 21:59 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote: > Gents > > Thanks for the responses - I really was trying to find out if, for any > hardware or software reason, a usre could no longer access their encrypted > files, if a user with appropriate privilages could. Not looking at this in > the n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Encrypted Directories

2008-10-06 Thread Ian Pascoe
knowing that there was a fall back. Cheers Ian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Neil Greenwood Sent: 05 October 2008 21:14 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Encrypted Directories 2008/10/5 James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Encrypted Directories

2008-10-05 Thread Neil Greenwood
2008/10/5 James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 19:41 +0100, Chris Coulson wrote: >> The root user will still be able to read files if the user is logged >> in, >> because the private folder will be mounted. > > Hi Chris, > > That's very true. Thanks for pointing it out. > > Wou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Encrypted Directories

2008-10-05 Thread James Westby
On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 19:41 +0100, Chris Coulson wrote: > The root user will still be able to read files if the user is logged > in, > because the private folder will be mounted. Hi Chris, That's very true. Thanks for pointing it out. Would an apparmor profile be able to prevent root from readin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Encrypted Directories

2008-10-05 Thread Chris Coulson
On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 12:15 +0100, James Westby wrote: > On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 10:13 +0100, Neil Greenwood wrote: > > 2008/10/3 Ian Pascoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Evening all > > > > > > A quick question on how the forthcoming encryption will work. > > > > > > Can it be set up to allow root to a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Encrypted Directories

2008-10-05 Thread James Westby
On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 10:13 +0100, Neil Greenwood wrote: > 2008/10/3 Ian Pascoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Evening all > > > > A quick question on how the forthcoming encryption will work. > > > > Can it be set up to allow root to access the encrypted files as well as the > > legitimate owner? > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Encrypted Directories

2008-10-05 Thread Neil Greenwood
2008/10/3 Ian Pascoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Evening all > > A quick question on how the forthcoming encryption will work. > > Can it be set up to allow root to access the encrypted files as well as the > legitimate owner? > > Ian > Hi Ian, I don't know the details of the proposal yet, but I seem

[ubuntu-uk] Encrypted Directories

2008-10-03 Thread Ian Pascoe
Evening all A quick question on how the forthcoming encryption will work. Can it be set up to allow root to access the encrypted files as well as the legitimate owner? Ian Ian -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/