[CLUE-Tech] Re:User Mount of Encrypted Volumes vi Loopback

[jim feldman]

You want pam_mount
http://www.flyn.org/projects/pam_mount/

this does exactly want you want.

jim

 Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 18:22:51 -0700
> From: "Jed S. Baer" <thag at frii.com>
> Subject: [CLUE-Tech] User Mount of Encrypted Volumes vi Loopback
> ...
> But the point of this exercise is for the ordinary user (me, in this case)
> to be able to maintain (including mount/umount) their own encrypted "safe"
> type thing, and store anything encrypted, without the constraints of some
> off-the-shelf package which might store only certain types of data, e.g.
> password records.
> 
> However, when I try to mount the file (which I own), I get the message
> "only root can mount {filename} on {mount point}. I've changed file
> permissions and ownership on the /dev/loop* devices, with no effect, and I
> doubted the problem was there in the first place. By the error message, it
> feels like something which should be correctable in /etc/fstab, which is
> where the options are for whether ordinary people can mount things.
> ...
> jed
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