Partition encryption on OpenSUSE 11

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#1

Hi,

Really liking OpenSUSE 11 and am considering encrypting my home partition.

Got some q’s tho please

  1. To encrypt my current /home would i have to recreate the partition as an encrypted partition and then copy my data onto it? Or can i encrypt whilst its in situ?

  2. How would the encryption work? Would i be able to change the password to my account and still have access to /home

  3. Is it supported for future updates? or would it be a case of backing up data, wiping and starting again with an encrypted partition?

Thank you

#2

yeleek schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> Really liking OpenSUSE 11 and am considering encrypting my home
> partition.
>
> Got some q’s tho please
>
> 1) To encrypt my current /home would i have to recreate the partition
> as an encrypted partition and then copy my data onto it? Or can i
> encrypt whilst its in situ?

You have to copy it. If you don’t want to make a new partition you can
also use a file which is mounted to /home.

> 2) How would the encryption work? Would i be able to change the
> password to my account and still have access to /home

account pw and crypto pw are 2 different things. Note:you can’t change
the crypto pw (afaik).

> 3) Is it supported for future updates? or would it be a case of
> backing up data, wiping and starting again with an encrypted
> partition?

Update usually works. During the installation you have to set it up in
the partitioner.

#3

here is a how to

Encrypted Root File System - openSUSE

hope this helps and answers some of your questions.

#4

THanks for that!