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Re: password protection



On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 09:27:37AM +0300, Anton Antonov wrote:
> Dear Debian,
> 
> 
> My name is Anton Antonov and I?m a system administrator in Neterra Bulgaria. In 
> our office we have LAN including Linux and Windows desktops. We have server 
> running under Red Hat Linux 7.2 with kernel 2.4.28. On this server we have 
> Samba v.2.2 for Windows based Desktop Machines and NFS for Linux based Desktop 
> Machines. Using this server we have encountered a problem which we cannot 
> solve. We need software that can restrict the access to several directories by 
> password and at the same time all the users who have access to these 
> directories to be able to access them simultaneously.
> 
> 
> First we tried to solve this problem by exporting several directories by Samba 
> and to protect them by NIS passwords. The problem that we met here was that the 
> Linux users couldn?t modify the permissions to the files which they create.
> 
> 
> After that we tried with some encryption tools like BCrypt. The problem this 
> time was that when there was a user logged in, no one else could get access to 
> the same directory.
> 
> 
> At the end we tried with Cryptoloop and Twofish encryption, but we couldn?t 
> find a tool that mounts encrypted file system on a Windows Desktop 
> Installation. We exported this encrypted file systems via NFS and mounted them 
> on all Linux Desktop Installations using loop devices. Not long after we found 
> out that if somebody changes any file, the other desktop installations can see 
> that change only if they remount the encrypted file system.
> 
> 
> I?m sure there are other decisions to that problem, but apparently they are out 
> of my knowledge. I?m kindly asking you for HELP!!!
> 
> 
> I?m looking forward to your forthcoming reply.

Your questions are more appropriate for a RedHat, Samba, or Windows
forum.  Please go there and ask your question.

-Roberto

-- 
Roberto C. Sanchez
http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr

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