HP UX Encrypted Volume and Filesystem (EVFS) manual Preparation Overview

Preparation Overview

Use the following procedure to prepare EVFS for configuration:

1.Configure an alternate EVFS pseudo-user account. You can skip this step if you can use evfs as the user name and group name for the EVFS pseudo-user. See “Step 1: Configuring an Alternate EVFS Pseudo-User” (page 37).

2.(Optional) Configure alternate directories for the key database. See “Step 2: (Optional) Configuring Alternate Key Database Directories” (page 39).

3.(Optional) Modify EVFS global parameters. See “Step 3: (Optional) Modifying EVFS Global Parameters” (page 42).

4.Start the EVFS subsystem. See “Step 4: Starting the EVFS Subsystem” (page 43).

5.Create user key pairs for EVFS volume owners and authorized users, and recovery key pairs. See “Step 5: Creating User Key Pairs” (page 44).

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