Well, If you followed my last entry then you have an encrypted container on a USB pen drive. You have the enc package set up and everything is working. Now lets move your ssh keys and gnupg key ring into the encrypted container and secure them.

This really is an easy setup.

SSH stores your keys in a directory that resides in your home director. This directory is named .ssh because this file starts with a period it is normally hidden. If you open your home directory in konqueror you can make it so that you can see these files.

 Start by mounting your encrypted container file and opening a Konqueror file browser to the location. Then you will want to open your home directory in a separate file browser.

In Konqueror select View-> Show Hidden Files

This will make the hidden files viewable. 

Now you can locate, drag and drop your .ssh file from your home directory to your encrypted container. When prompted select Move to move the file. your should do the same with the .gnupg file. This will put the keyrings for ssh and gpg onto your encrypted container.

Now we need to create symbolic links so that the system knows were to find the key rings. This is done using the ln command. You will need to open a terminal window to do this.

K->System->Terminal

At the prompt type

ln -s ~/Desktop/encrypted/.ssh .

 ln -s ~/Desktop/encrypted/.gnupg .

If you have changed the location of your encrypted container mount point using enc-config you will need to adjust these commands for the new mount location.

Here is an overall image of the home directory, encrypted container file, and the terminal with the ln commands in it.

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