Re: Userland encrypted filesystem that root cannot access.

From: Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Date: Fri Feb 18 2000 - 12:42:57 EST


On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Mike A. Harris wrote:

> Are there any patches for the kernel, or userland solutions which
> allow a user to mount an encrypted filesystem (perhaps through
> loopback) which while mounted, root cannot read? Or is this
> concept beyond Linux currently?
>
> I'm thinking of the case where the superuser can admin the
> machine but due to confidentiality, the data must not be readable
> by root under any circumstance. Possible?

Don't be silly. Hint: su lusername. God, root - what's the difference?

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