Re: Should I disable recovery mode?
Originally Posted by
CharlesA
Even if someone was able to get access to your hard drive, with an encrypted home folder, wouldn't that data be unreadable?
That's the idea, but since my /home is decrypted when I logon, then if someone were to reset my password with recovery mode, they could then log on and have access to my data, right? That's the main thing I'm worried about.
Originally Posted by
collisionystm
I would imagine that changing the passcode in recovery boot would render your encrypted home inaccessible. I would imagine the recovery mode would simply update the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow file, but not the key required to access the encrypted file system.
Oh, that would be very good, I certainly hope so, but I'll have to test that later. I'll report back when I find out.
Originally Posted by
CharlesA
Unless you want to be stuck if/when an update completely borks your system, you should keep recovery mode enabled.
Well, I was prepared to accept that risk, but I think I'll wait and see try collisionystm's theory before I go mess things up. I'll test that sometime tomorrow, hopefully!
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