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    Does this work? Commented Jul 29, 2012 at 9:04
  • @jasonwryan Link is down? NVM: Correct link. Commented Jul 31, 2012 at 21:06
  • That link is a bit misleading. Encrypting files is a good way to prevent people from getting anything useful when they steal your hard drive / computer, but it's only a minor speed bump for a malicious root user on the same box you are logging in on. There are many things a root user could do to get around the encryption. Remember that even X11 forwarding from untrusted machines (e.g. via ssh -X) is not safe. Commented Jul 31, 2012 at 21:12
  • I just dump all my password-containing configuration files in an ecryptfs container that mounts when I log in, replace the original with a symlink, and be done with it. Commented Jul 31, 2012 at 21:14
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    Check also quotenil.com/OfflineIMAP-with-Encrypted-Authinfo.html Commented Apr 18, 2014 at 9:08