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Howto mount encrypted Ubuntu - Home partition

Posted: 24. Oct 2012, 09:33
by lukove
I have installed on my PC for now Lubuntu (LXDE),but i install with encrypted Home partition. Is posible in easy way to mount from Salix this /home partition?

Re: Howto mount encrypted Ubuntu - Home partition

Posted: 24. Oct 2012, 10:37
by mimosa
I don't know about the encryption part, but as may be obvious, you can't mount Ubuntu /home as Salix /home, because the config files and Desktop directory are different. However you can mount it as a data partition (assuming the encryption doesn't make this impossible) and if you like, create symlinks from Salix home's Downloads directory and so on to the Ubuntu ones. You may also need to rejig permissions if you decide to do this, though using an identical username may make it unnecessary.

Re: Howto mount encrypted Ubuntu - Home partition

Posted: 24. Oct 2012, 12:44
by thenktor
lukove wrote:I have installed on my PC for now Lubuntu (LXDE),but i install with encrypted Home partition. Is posible in easy way to mount from Salix this /home partition?
Which encryption is used? AFAIK it is ecryptfs, so at first you need a package for this.