On Sat, 01 Apr 2017 14:17:25 +1100, Pedro wrote: > for linux users, particularly as the headers are getting into the > gigabytes for servers with long retentions.. > > pan by default installs to /home/<username>/.pan2 > > but with this symlink command you can make any other location be that > .pan2 > > > ln -s <newlocation> <oldlocationtosubstitute> > > eg > > ln -s <newlocation>/.pan /home/<username/.pan2 > > you might have to do a chown -R <username> <newlocation> for the > newlocation if you dont have permissions there. > > that won''t survive a reboot, so put that into startup applications too > if you want to. > > also if you want to install pan in a location that is encapsulated with > veracrypt, or the old (disadvised) truecrypt you can use the symlink to > that location and have it all encrypted. > > things in <> are your options to put in. location is a folder.
I do something similar to this - I use encfs to store my Pan data in a folder that's synced between multiple machines using Dropbox. When I start pan, I use a script that uses zenity to prompt for the encfs password, and it mounts the encrypted directory in ~/.pan2. When I exit, it unmounts the directory. While the script does leave the password visible in the 'ps' output, for my use, that's "good enough" - if someone had access to my system, they could use a sniffer to look at the unencrypted NNTP connection my servers use to grab the credentials - what I'm protecting against is compromise of the Dropbox folder, not a compromise of my systems). Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits _______________________________________________ Pan-users mailing list Pan-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users
