>> 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'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. [...] > 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. Here is where the code is: pam_mount: http://pam-mount.conectevil.com/ pam_mount EHD hack: http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~mukesh/hacks.html I was able to get a hold of the author of the pam_mount EHD hack. Here is what he had to say: > I'm not sure what the status of pam_mount is. I did send a patch to Elvis > about a year ago, but it (obviously) wasn't incorporated. At the time I > sent him the patch, I did mention that there were some bugs (the ones > mentioned on my web page); it's possible that he was waiting for me to fix > those before accepting the patch. > As for the patch, I use it on my personal laptop. So long as it works with > my laptop (which is usually running the latest Debian release), I don't > mess with it. You'll notice one update on the page -- that was from a > friend of mine who wanted to use pam_mount 0.3.2. > Hopefully, pam and mount won't change much, and things will just continue > to work. > I hope that answers your question. -- Mike :wq - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
