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WARNING: Security Restrictions
Encrypting a user's home directory does not provide strong security from other
users. If strong security is required, the system should not be physically shared.
Find background information about encrypted home directories and which actions to
take for stronger security in Section “Using Encrypted Home Directories” (Chapter 11,
Encrypting Partitions and Files, ↑Security Guide).
Procedure 12.4 Creating Encrypted Home Directories
1
Open the YaST User and Group Management dialog and click the Users tab.
2 To encrypt the home directory of an existing user, select the user and click Edit.
Otherwise, click Add to create a new user account and enter the appropriate user
data on the first tab.
3 In the Details tab, activate Use Encrypted Home Directory. With Directory Size
in MB, specify the size of the encrypted image file to be created for this user.
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