HOWTO: Encrypting
a users’s home directory on Mac OS X:
“This document explains how to place a user’s home
directory on an encrypted device image (DMG) under Mac OS X 10.1 or
later. This is useful to ensure that all the files for the user you
decide to encrypt are safe from prying eyes. This document will be
of interest to attorneys, doctors, programmers, or anyone else who
has sensitive documents (personal files, tax documents, secret or
classified documents, etc). Placing the entire user’s folder on an
encrypted disk ensures that every file belonging to that user will
be encrypted (as long as it is saved within their home directory).
This includes many log files, preference files, email, AIM or ICQ
logs, internet history and cache, etc.”