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mounted and the contents are made available to the user. Refer to
"Using Encrypted Home Directories"
Encrypting Single Files
If you only have a small number of files that hold sensitive or confidential data,
you can encrypt them individually and protect them with a password using the vi
editor. Refer to
information.
WARNING: Encrypted Media Is Limited Protection
Be aware that with the methods described in this chapter, you cannot protect
your running system from being compromised. After the encrypted media is
successfully mounted, everybody with appropriate permissions has access to
it. However, encrypted media is useful for cases such as loss or theft of your
computer or to prevent unauthorized individuals from reading your confidential
data.
47.1 Setting Up an Encrypted File
Use YaST to encrypt partitions or parts of your file system during installation or in an
already installed system. However, encrypting a partition in an already installed system
is more difficult because you have to resize and change existing partitions. In such
cases, it may be more convenient to create an encrypted file of a defined size in which
to store other files or parts of your file system. To encrypt an entire partition, dedicate
a partition for encryption in the partition layout. The standard partitioning proposal as
suggested by YaST does not, by default, include an encrypted partition. Add it manually
in the partitioning dialog.
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Installation and Administration
Section 47.3, "Using vi to Encrypt Single Files"
System with YaST
(page 865) for more information.
Section 47.2,
(page 867) for more
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