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Date:      Mon, 28 Oct 2002 03:01:55 -0800 (PST)
From:      "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org>
To:        Yann Golanski <yann@kierun.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /usr/home encryption.
Message-ID:  <20021028025952.Q30424-100000@pogo.caustic.org>
In-Reply-To: <20021028105407.GB27215@kierun.org>

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On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Yann Golanski wrote:

> Is there a simple and efficent way to encrypt /usr/home so that only the
> user can read his own directory?

not really.

it would be a processing nightmare anyway. you probably want to simply
adjust the UMASK of each user to not allow anyone to read anyone elses
home directory. just as effective, and much less CPU overhead.

 -------/ f. johan beisser /--------------------------------------+
  http://caustic.org/~jan                      jan@caustic.org
	"Champagne for my real friends, real pain for
	  my sham friends." -- Tom Waits


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