-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Brian Mathis wrote: | On Jan 9, 2008 10:11 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> CABROL PERALES Alexandre wrote: |>> Hi everybody, |>> |>> i'm using Cygwin Easy version on an usb disk. |> This is really a question that is more appropriately directed towards the |> maintainers of "Cygwin Easy", since that's a separate project and anything |> we might say here may not be appropriate for "Cygwin Easy". That said... |> |>> I would like to kow if we can use encrypted FileSystem or folder with |>> cygwin. |>> |>> e.g.: |>> mount -t vfat info.img info/ -oencrypted=aes128 |>> |>> or another way. |> Cygwin is not Linux (or Unix or BSD or....) It has no file-system drivers |> and relies on Windows to provide file access. Translation - you cannot |> mount a file system with Cygwin like you show above. Cygwin's mount is |> not too much more than a mapping of Windows-style paths to POSIX ones. |> |>> Purpose: |>> be able to use mobile cygwin with an encrypted device (partition, |>> folder, fs image) without have to alter hoster system (no modifications |>> on the operating system, even on c: drive). |>> |>> Do you have any idea? |> In general, if you can do it with Windows, you should be able to do it |> with Cygwin and that may translate into being able to do it with "Cygwin |> Easy". But to do it with Windows means you need an NTFS file system on |> your USB disk. If that's a problem for you, then I believe you have |> provided the answer to yourself. ;-) |> |> -- |> Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com |> RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office |> 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX |> Holliston, MA 01746 | | | Though not part of cygwin, truecrypt is an excellent and open source | utility that will allow you to make and encrypted disk. Then you can | install whatever you like on it. | | http://www.truecrypt.org/ |
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