f9 encrypted fs - how???

Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak mjc at avtechpulse.com
Fri Oct 3 12:04:19 UTC 2008


Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
> I see lots of references that F9 supports a encrypted filesystems
> natively and I recall that the installer even offered to set up
> encryption for me.  The question is, how does one set up encryption
> later on?  I can't find any recent documentation.  Google has millions
> of hits for all sorts of crazy schemes dating back to very early
> fedoras, but I have yet to find documentation for how to do it in F9,
> other than reinstalling things from scratch.  Anyone have any
> pointers?

It's easy to configure encryption on a new, empty disk.

I don't think you can apply it afterwards, however. Making a new install 
on a fresh disk and copying your files over afterwards is probably your 
best bet.

- Mike




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