eCryptfs

  1. Bug #257901
  2. Comment #12

Comment 12 for bug 257901

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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote : Re: [Bug 257901] Re: Suggestion: GUI frontend(s) for ecryptfs-utils

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Mark Crutch <email address hidden> wrote:
> Based on Dustin's comments it appears that checking the automount option
> should simply create ~/.ecryptfs/auto-mount whilst unchecking it should
> remove that file. The initial state of the checkbox should be reflect
> the existence, or otherwise, of that file.

Correct. The files are:

~/.ecryptfs/auto-mount
~/.ecryptfs/auto-umount

Note that it is "umount" rather than "unmount". This is to match the
mount/umount system commands.

> I notice that Dustin also mentions an auto-unmount option. This would
> presumably be useful if the user wants a process to be able to access
> the decrypted files after logout, via a cron job or similar. I think if
> we're in the realms of cron jobs then the user can be considered
> advanced enough to create their own file, so I would suggest that the
> auto-unmount option be left out of this application.

I disagree with this. Please make both checkboxes available.

I can think of a handful of cases where users would like this
mounting/umounting to occur, or not occur independently.

The underlying functionality is present in pam_ecryptfs, and I see no
reason to hide it.

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:-Dustin