hi, a few months ago i tried to patch pam_mount to do something like that. but i run on too many problems that not only relay on pam_mount or on cryptoapi and had other problems that only my-self haven't found a good solution. so i made a break on working on this code. i also mailed the maintainer of pam_mount and didn't get an answer. so you can imagine that i'm really interested to see that code you have found. is it possible that you send me the patch or the hole code. thank in advance, regards, alias m96. On Sun, 2002-06-16 at 20:16, W. Michael Petullo wrote: > I just ran across a PAM module, pam_mount, and a patch for it which > implements encrypted home directories. > > For example, an encrypted filesystem, call it /home/mike.img, could be > mounted by PAM at /home/mike at login time and automatically unmounted > upon logging out. > > I think this PAM module goes far to solve TODO problem number two on > kerneli.org, "Security against theft of Linux machines." As a PAM > module, it does so in a bit cleaner way than the login patch provided > by the folks at grsecurity (http://www.grsecurity.net). > > I've been looking for a solution like this and was very excited to find > pam_mount. However, I have not been able to find a valid email address > for the author of either the module or the encrypted home directory patch. > As far as I can tell pam_mount has not been worked on since late in 2001. > Perhaps one of them is on this mailing list. > > Do any of you have any experience with this code? I really like it and > would be willing to become its new maintainer if necessary. > > -- > Mike > > :wq > - > Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/ > - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
