Re: encrypting /home partition post-install

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On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 08:38:50 -0500 Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ranjan Maitra writes:
> 
> > On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 20:29:09 -0800 Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer@xxxxxxxxx>  
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On 11/29/2015 05:59 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> > > > Thanks! I was wondering about this some more. Can I not put this tool
> > > > luksipc on a LiveCD and then compile and run it from there? Then the
> > > > actual disks would be "offline", isn't that correct?
> > >
> > > Yes, but you don't really need to do that.  You just need to unmount the
> > > filesystem you want to encrypt.
> >
> > But there is only one filesystem (/dev/sda) and one HDD on these two  
> > laptops. Therefore, I am not sure how to do this other than through going in  
> > through a LiveCD.
> 
> In this case, this is not possible. /boot cannot be encrypted. If you have  
> one / partition, and /boot lives on it, it cannot be encrypted.

Thanks! But I was talking about encrypting the /home partition which is separate. Does this make a difference?

Best wishes,
Ranjan

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