11 X64 Fails Install Encrypted Home

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#1

So I used the 11 dvd to install doing an encrypted home and swap partition…

I cant login to KDE, /home all messed up!!!

If I tty1 as root home is mounted so the problem is higher up. I notice no accounts in home as well.

This was a problem during beta that was reported. Its simply lame this was not fixed by the time the 11 release was made. :mad::mad::mad:

I dont know if there an easy fix without reinstalling everything.

#2

ahowarth wrote:

>
> So I used the 11 dvd to install doing an encrypted home and swap
> partition…
>
> I cant login to KDE, /home all messed up!!!
>
> If I tty1 as root home is mounted so the problem is higher up. I notice
> no accounts in home as well.
>
> This was a problem during beta that was reported. Its simply lame this
> was not fixed by the time the 11 release was made. :mad::mad::mad:
>
> I dont know if there an easy fix without reinstalling everything.
>
>

If you installed via the 1 cd livecd’s they will not correctly mount the
encrypted partitions due to pam_mount being missing. You will need to go
into the partitioner under Yast and mount them manually (it will install
the needed packages automatically when you do this). I did file a bug
report on this for RC1 but it was listed as an “enhancement” and the tech
claimed the majority of users would not be using encryption.

#3

Thanks for the info :slight_smile:

I used the DVD to install not livecd so the problem is there too :mad:

Good to see the wisdom in the project decision makers is to leave in known broken functionality and spin it up like a good politician into a later “feature” rather than the truth of it being a “bug”! Go OpenSuse :stuck_out_tongue:

Also, the system will still incorrectly shutdown when a user turns off the logout confirmation checkbox.

#4

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good to know this, thanks

I was just planning to install openSUSE on my box & laptop and now I read this :eek:

why aren’t they encouraging their users in encrypting data ?

laptops and storage devices are much more likely to be stolen nowadays

do I still need to format the already encrypted /home partition during install (this would be very time-consuming) or can I use an existing encrypted /home partition ?

many thanks in advance :slight_smile: