Encrypting different directories

[Robin Laing]

Louis E Garcia II wrote:
> Is it possible to encrypt users home directories separately instead of
> just one partition? 
> 
> I was thinking if every user had their own cypher key, there home
> directories could be encrypted and there login password could be the
> cypher key?
> 
> This would not require the /home partition be encrypted but every users
> home directory. 
> 
> Is this possible with fedora?
> 
> -Louis  
> 

I am looking into this as well.

I don't want to encrypt the whole home directory as it will be on a 
RAID device and doesn't require it.  Not all users require encryption 
at all times.  What I want is the ability to encrypt subdirectories as 
required.  Such as work done at home that needs to be protected from 
everyone else but me.  Something that needs to ensure that the files 
are encrypted, even if the power is removed to crash the system.

Enough control to allow this to be done in the background instead of 
having to decrypt and re-encrypt directories/files as required. 
Pre-assigning a loop back device would require to much space dedicated 
to a single user/application that would change as requirements change. 
  40gig one day and 200 gig the next.

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Robin Laing