-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday, 2017-12-11 at 20:52 -0000, Mikhail Ramendik wrote:
Hello,
I would like to create a LUKS drive, requiring a password to access, in order to store data for a confidential project.
I don't think I want to encrypt the entire machine as my CPU is pretty basic (Pentium G2120) and I'm worried about performance. (Or is this a non-issue?)
Non issue :-) Unless your workload is disk intensive. I typically only encrypt /home or /data directories, not the system. However, programs may use temporary spaces, so you might consider full system encryption.
Anyway - what is the cleanest way to create and then mount a LUKS drive in Leap?
YaST to create it, and add entries to fstab.
Ideally I want some sort of automount with a GUI prompt for password when I try to access the path. I could live with a manual mount command and password entry. provided I do not have to do it as root.
The system will prompt for password during boot, if the partition is mounted by default in fstab. Graphically if you use Plymouth (the default). I do it noauto and mount manually. Actually, I wrote my own scripts. You can also define the home of a particular user to use encryption (defined size) and will ask for the password at login. Unsure it will umount at logout, though, I remember an old bug somewhere.
Also, should I use a file or a partition?
Either. I have used both. I think I prefer partitions.
Is it possible to have a LUKS drive that grows automatically as needed if I use a file?
Not that I know. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlou9lcACgkQtTMYHG2NR9XbuQCgjtRxq/YHdbsQd6C/HqcHO7nH nDkAn2i45kev7wC7vcNLl7av7LvyecaA =6K7/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org