Encrypted-partitions are whole sections of a storage unit with the partition itself being encrypted.
Encrypted-partitions are whole sections of a storage unit with the partition itself being encrypted.
Questions tagged [encrypted-partition]
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Check if partition is encrypted
How do I check if a partition is encrypted? In particular I would like to know how I check if /home and swap is encrypted.
N.N.
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Mount a LUKS partition at boot
I have installed an Ubuntu machine with two encrypted LUKS partitions: one for / and one for /home.
I've reinstalled the machine to upgrade to 10.04. Again, the / is installed using LUKS, and I'm able to mount the /home using:
mkdir /media/home
sudo…
Adam Matan
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How can one unlock a fully encrypted Ubuntu 11.10 system over SSH at boot?
In previous versions of Ubuntu, and current versions of Debian, you can unlock a fully encrypted system (using dmcrypt and LUKS) at boot time over SSH.
It was as easy as:
Installing the encrypted system using the Ubuntu alternate installer disk or…
Jeff
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Kubuntu 11.04 + Windows 7 dual boot laptop drive encryption
I already know how to create a Kubuntu/Win7 dual boot. What I would like to do is to encrypt both operating systems.
I use Kubuntu as my main OS, and Windows 7 for casual gaming or prolonged Visual Studio programming as gaming is impossible in a…
Vivo
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Does hibernate work with an encrypted home dir in maverick?
My machine no longer resumes properly after hibernation. However, it used to until recently.
When trying to figure this out, I've seen lots of people say that hibernate doesn't work with encrypted home directories. But that can't be right - I've had…
Paul Biggar
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What is the different between cryptsetup and truecrypt
I used truecrypt volume until now, because the space limitation I looked for other solution to encrypt my data. This is what I found. My question is what is the different between cryptsetup and truecrypt. Is cryptsetup as safe as truecrypt? What is…
Kicsi Mano
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What's the maximum filename length in encrypted ext4 partition?
I'm using a two-partition setup with ubuntu (one partition for the system, one for my home directories). Until now I had an ext3 formatted home partition, which I'm currently trying to migrate to an encrypted ext4 partition.
However, when copying…
fdlm
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Encrypted LVM not accepting my passphrase anymore
I have Ubuntu 11.04 on Thinkpad X41 and have been using it for a couple of months. From time to time System Update used to run and show me a list of recommended updates. Finaly, yesterday I accepted all of them and after some time I had it all…
HeyMike
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Use keyfile for encrypted swap
I installed Ubuntu 11.10 using the alternate CD and set up an ecrypted root and swap partition. Now, during boot, I have to enter a password for the root and a passwort for the swap partitition. I want to get rid of the password for the swap…
me.at.coding
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Can I install Natty alongside Maverick and retain my encrypted /home partition?
This is my partitioning scheme:
10GB partition empty -- will be installing Natty here
10GB partition containing Maverick
2GB swap partition
300GB encrypted /home partition
I've had few problems in the past with having two ubuntu installs on two…
Jonathan
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Full disk encryption with-preseed?
Ubuntu 8.04 and later provide encryption using LUKS and eCryptfs.
The question is how to configure preseed to do it automatically? There is an option in preseed to encrypt user's home, but no option for full disk encryption:
d-i…
amin
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Encrypted LVM - bad password or options
I've deployed a number of laptops to our staff with encrypted LVM. I've used the alternative CD, whole disk & guided partitioning. This is the second laptop that came back to me with the same symptoms, namely the issued password doesn't work any…
sostacked
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Why is this in my fstab /dev/mapper/cryptswap1?
With my new Ubuntu 11.10, I have, I was not able to hibernate my system. When I checked if I have alloted enough swap space, I found the following lines in my fstab.
# swap was on /dev/sda7 during…
balki
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18 billion GB extended partition showing in GParted - how was this done?
And what does it mean - exactly?
And - although I strongly suspect it's not the drive's fault and also that there isn't one - anyone know how to return drives to their original geometric state after they've been silently corrupted?
jonny
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Repartition encrypted partition
When I installed Natty (11.04) I chose to encrypt /home and I chose to mount it on a separate partition. I would like to repartition /home without losing data and by having the same sort of encryption after the repartitioning is done.
I guess that…
N.N.
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