Systemd-homed: Systemd Now Working To Improve Home Directory Handling

Freshly Exhumed writes: phoronix reports that Lennart Poettering has presented a new set of systemd capabilities: 'Improving the Linux handling of user home directories is the next ambition for systemd. Among the goals are allowing more easily migratable home directories, ensuring all data for users is self-contained to the home directories, UID assignments being handled to the local system, unified user password and encryption key handling, better data encryption handling in general, and other modernization efforts. Among the items being explored by systemd-homed are JSON-based user records, encrypted LUKS home directories in loop-back files, and other next-gen features to offering secure yet portable home directories.'

Can't someone stop Poettering?

[Z00L00K]

Can't someone stop Poettering from creating a major mess for everyone?

I'm sure everything has been thoroughly considered

[thegreatbob]

Free space was running low, so we moved your home directory to a partition with more free space (/home/bob -> /tmp/bob)!