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(EVFS Software Required)
% fsck -F vxfs /dev/evfs/vg01/rlvol6
• Modify /etc/fstab to include the EVFS volume:
/dev/evfs/vg01/lvol6 /opt/my_data vxfs,stackfs=sefs delaylog 0 2
Unlike volume-level encryption, if you want the system to automatically mount this file system at sys-
tem startup time, no further action is required.
/etc/evfs/evfstab
file to enable the autostart
feature. See evfstab (4).
• Mount the encrypted file system:
% mount -F vxfs -o stackfs=sefs /dev/evfs/vg01/lvol6 /opt/my_data
• Enter secure session:
% evfsauth login
• Enable encryption for a directory:
% cd /opt/my_data; evfsfile set .
• Create an encrypted file:
% echo "this is an encrypted file" > my_file
The content of my_file is now encrypted.
AUTHOR
EVFS was developed by Hewlett-Packard.
FILES
/etc/evfs/evfs.conf
EVFS configuration information
/etc/evfs/evfstab
Static information regarding encrypted volume mapping
/dev/evfs/admin Encrypted volume management device special file
/dev/evfs/* Encrypted volume device special files
SEE ALSO
evfs_wrapper(1), evfsauth(1), evfsfile(1), evfspkey(1), evfsrun(1), evfsxfr(1), evfsadm(1M), evfsvol(1M),
evfs.conf(4), evfstab(4).
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