Re: Delayed encrypted partition mount

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Hi,

2011/3/21 Gilboa Davara <gilboad@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hello all,
>
> I routinely encrypt all important partitions on my laptops /
> workstations / servers using LUKS both at home and at work.
> However, due to the above, I can no longer remotely reboot the machines
> (at least the ones that doesn't have a serial console attached) as I'm
> required to baby-sit the machine until the password prompt appears.
>
> My question is simple: Given the fact that I rarely encrypt the root,
> can I somehow delay the encrypted partition mount to right-before-gdm,
> so all the essential services (samba, nfs, cups) - especially network
> and sshd, will be up, so I can remotely type the password required to
> mount the encrypted partitions?
>
> I could delete the entries from /etc/cryptab, create a service that will
> mount the partitions late in the boot process, but AFAIK, this will not
> display the graphical password prompt making it less than ideal...

I have a similar situation, but instead of encrypting the entire /home
partition I encrypt some dirs and partitions mounted under /home with
ecryptfs. After system boot I can login and mount needed partition.

I know it's not very helpful in your case, but it works for me for
almost two years.


>
> - Gilboa
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