Comments on: Linux Encrypted Laptop http://www.velvetcache.org/2008/01/25/linux-encrypted-laptop I Love Darcy. I Love Code. I love Omaha. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:19:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: punk http://www.velvetcache.org/2008/01/25/linux-encrypted-laptop/comment-page-1#comment-11402 punk Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:40:23 +0000 http://www.velvetcache.org/2008/01/25/linux-encrypted-laptop/#comment-11402 Very informative read. I was able to encrypt my /var by using a key stored on USB. Here's my /etc/crypttab : # var /dev/hda6 /media/usb/var.key luks In /etc/fstab I map the encrypted disk to /var : /dev/mapper/var /var ext3 noatime 0 2 /dev/sda /media/usb vfat rw 0 0 You can find here more info about generating the encription key on the USB stick: http://www.saout.de/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=EncryptedVarWithUSBKey Don't forget to edit /etc/default/cryptdisks and add /media/usb to the CRYPTDISKS_MOUNT env variable Very informative read.
I was able to encrypt my /var by using a key stored on USB. Here’s my /etc/crypttab :
#
var /dev/hda6 /media/usb/var.key luks

In /etc/fstab I map the encrypted disk to /var :

/dev/mapper/var /var ext3 noatime 0 2
/dev/sda /media/usb vfat rw 0 0

You can find here more info about generating the encription key on the USB stick:
http://www.saout.de/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=EncryptedVarWithUSBKey

Don’t forget to edit /etc/default/cryptdisks and add /media/usb to the CRYPTDISKS_MOUNT env variable

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