On 06/12/11 11:38, Andreas wrote:

Hi, is there an how-to for setting up an encrypted container? I'd like to have a small encrypted area that gets mounted automatically on boot.

My son gave me the following instructions, which I offer (untested) to you ... 1) install cryptsetup (it's in the OSS repo) 2) su root 3) create an unformatted partition on /dev/sd_ 4) :~ # cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sd[appropriate device and partition here] [name e.g. music] 5) :~ # mount /dev/mapper/[name e.g. music] /home/bob/music Think of it in layers: Plain: device, mount, data Encrypted: device, crypt, mount, data [Encrypted RAID: device, mdadm, crypt, mount, data] cryptsetup will create a 'block device' or layer in /dev/mapper with whatever name you provide in the luksOpen command above. For booting you need to add in /etc/crypttab: #<target name> <source device> <key file> <options> music /dev/sdb1 none luks (but change the source device to whatever is appropriate in your case) In /etc/fstab add: # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> /dev/mapper/music /home/bob/music ext3 auto 0 0 ... I would recommend identifying your device with /dev/disk/by-id/* to avoid problems with changing drive letters. During the boot procedure you will be prompted to enter the password for your encrypted device. Good luck. Bob -- Bob Williams System: Linux 2.6.37.6-0.9-desktop Distro: openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) with KDE Development Platform: 4.7.2 (4.7.2) Uptime: 18:00pm up 13 days 3:36, 4 users, load average: 0.26, 0.29, 0.38 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org