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Need a loop device for pam_mount

I set up pam_mount to automatically mount a disk image on login, the image contains a luks2 encrypted filesystem, very similar to the example in the Arch Wiki. My use case requires a loop device to be ...
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home directories via sshfs and pam_mount

Users' home directories are on a server. They shall be mounted via sshfs on a client when a user logs in, using the password the user provided as credentials. The pam_mount system is provided for this....
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pam_mount error "crypt_activate_by_passphrase: Operation not permitted"

I'm trying to set up encrypted home directories on OpenSuSE. Everything works fine for direct login, but I want the home directories to get mounted via ssh as well. When I try to ssh to the machine, ...
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mount CIFS volume with pam_mount and password stored in gnome-keyring

I would like to store the passwords for CIFS volumes in gnome-keyring. I am currently using a text file with credentials in it and passing that to pam mount / mount.cifs which then will mount the ...
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pam mount - my password prompt now says pam_mount password:

I am using pam_mount to mount users' home directory upon successfully logging into the system. It works; however, the password prompt says: pam_mount password: Instead of just: password: How can ...
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How can I mount an encrypted home directory upon SSH login using private/public key to authenticate?

Is it possible to automatically mount an encrypted partition on the server when logging in using SSH keys instead of the regular password? The home folder is a luks-encrypted partition. The current ...
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