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How does someone access an encrypted OSX folder from Linux? I've mounted the OSX drive on Linux however some folders are not readable.
vsh3r
Posted 2010-11-01T04:44:06.680
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How does someone access an encrypted OSX folder from Linux?
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I don't think there is such a thing as "encrypted OS X folders". HFS+ does not support that.
It's all disk images (.dmg, .sparseimage, .sparsebundle, etc.) that are mounted using hdiutil in OS X.
Simple, unencrypted .dmgs can be mounted, anything else (sparse/FileVault images, encrypted disk images) can't.
If you're a developer, you might be able to adapt VileFault (also see here) to your needs -- I'm afraid that's the closest you get to a tool for that. And I don't think they support sparsebundles/-images either.
Daniel Beck
Posted 2010-11-01T04:44:06.680
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From what I understand you can access OSX files from Linux by changing the User ID on the Linux system. – vsh3r – 2010-11-03T04:17:12.260
@vsh3r This has nothing to do with encryption. These are file system permissions.
– Daniel Beck – 2010-11-03T07:24:42.020
Are they encrypted or are they just not readable because your Linux user doesn't have permission? – fideli – 2010-11-01T05:02:09.847