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Apple: SSH and FileVault

(keith.github.io)
507 points ingve | 1 comments | 18 Sep 25 20:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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sugarpimpdorsey ◴[18 Sep 25 20:39 UTC] No.45294739[source]▶
Maybe stop using Macs as multiuser servers?

Unavailability of FileVault-mounted home directories when not logged in has been the case since Tiger.

I'm curious - if the OpenSSH config files are not available - how do they start sshd? If the system keys are encrypted, how do they accept connections?

There's a surprising lack of detail here.

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numbsafari ◴[18 Sep 25 20:47 UTC] No.45294817[source]▶
How about I just want to access my files remotely after a reboot occurs without having to get to the device at my house?

Agreed, though… MacOS isn’t a proper multi-user system and X is Not Unix…

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1. jacobgkau ◴[18 Sep 25 21:20 UTC] No.45295141[source]▶
In addition to the pedigree that someone else pointed out, macOS is also explicitly certified as UNIX by the legal stewards of that name: https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/

This includes Tahoe specifically: https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/brand3725.htm