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colbert

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Registered: 2007-12-16

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[SOLVED] How to have Firefox store personal data in Truecrypt volume??

I would like to start using Truecrypt and create a volume that will store all of the cache/cookies/settings/etc. of Firefox. I see the Truecrypt page on the wiki and am going to make the volume with it, but how would I get Firefox to start putting all of its data in there??

TIA for any help

Last edited by colbert (2010-01-30 01:47:45)

Kitty

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From: The Burning Desert

Registered: 2008-01-11

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Re: [SOLVED] How to have Firefox store personal data in Truecrypt volume??

Make a TC volume, mount it someplace like ~/.secure-ff
Move your existing .mozilla folder to the TC volume.
Sym link them together: ln -s ~/.secure-ff/.mozilla ~/.mozilla

I'm sure there's ways to do it using the ff about:config settings, but this way all FF profiles will be in the TC volume.

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kjon

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Re: [SOLVED] How to have Firefox store personal data in Truecrypt volume??

+1 to symlink. Easier, you don't need to think too much.

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ninian

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Registered: 2008-02-24

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Re: [SOLVED] How to have Firefox store personal data in Truecrypt volume??

+1 to symlink as the easiest option, but you could also run firefox with the parameter to specifically use a profile location on the Truecrypt volume:

firefox -profile ~/media/truecrypt1/firefoxprofile

colbert

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Registered: 2007-12-16

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Re: [SOLVED] How to have Firefox store personal data in Truecrypt volume??

Thanks a lot Kitty! I did as you described, here I am back on FF which is now in the secure TC mounted volume

And thanks ninian that is a nice tip as well!

michy99

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Registered: 2010-01-23

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Re: [SOLVED] How to have Firefox store personal data in Truecrypt volume??

Note that if you start firefox while the truecrypt volume isn't mounted, it will create a new (unencrypted).mozilla folder in the mountpoint directory.