Bug 69959

Summary: PAM should support mounting encrypted home directories
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Raw Hide Reporter: W. Michael Petullo <redhat>
Component: pamAssignee: Tomas Mraz <tmraz>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Jay Turner <jturner>
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Version: 1.0CC: krmaxwell, srevivo
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Patch for pam_mount which adds encrypted loopback device support none

Description W. Michael Petullo 2002-07-26 21:05:20 UTC 
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Description of problem:
A PAM module named pam_mount that, when patched, allows PAM to mount an
encrypted home directory for a user at login time.  When the user logs out, PAM
unmounts the encrypted volume.  This is a very nice security feature.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Red Hat Linux does not support mounting encrypted home directories at login time.

Additional info:

Pam_mount is available at http://bazar.conectiva.com.br/~epx/pam_mount/.  It is
not yet a component of the mainstream PAM distribution.  I will attach a patch
for pam_mount 0.3.2 which adds encrypted loopback device support.  Also required
is the crypto patchs mentioned in bug number 56698 (this bug should depend on
56698).

Pam_mount includes a good README.  I have been using these packages successfuly
on my computer for some time.  Of course, your mileage may vary.
Comment 1 W. Michael Petullo 2002-07-26 21:08:26 UTC 
Created attachment 67305 [details]
Patch for pam_mount which adds encrypted loopback device support
Comment 2 W. Michael Petullo 2002-08-15 17:01:57 UTC 
Pam_mount now officially supports encrypted volumes.  New versions of pam_mount
are available at http://www.flyn.org.
Comment 3 W. Michael Petullo 2005-08-07 15:56:25 UTC 
There is now a pam_mount package in Fedora Extras that provides this 
capability.