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Re: [Question #76617]: How to set up home dir encryption?

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From: Derek White <question76617@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:28:39 -0000
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Question #76617 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/76617

    Status: Open => Answered

Derek White proposed the following answer:
Personally, I'd just encrypt either the entire drive (using the
alternate CD and LVM) or just the ~/Private directory using ecryptfs-
setup-private (from the ecryptfs-utils package). Is there a reason you
need ALL ~/. directories encrypted? If you just want some of them (e.g.
~/.shh or ~/.gnupg), then just set-up the ~/Private directory, move the
folders there, and create symbolic links for them.

See: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedPrivateDirectory

That page also explains a few caveats that encrypting causes with the
system. Maybe they can explain why your having the problems you
detailed.

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