[clug] Ubuntu encrypted file systems

[Ian McLeod]

Lana Brindley wrote:
> 2009/8/18 Robert Edwards <bob at cs.anu.edu.au>:
>   
>> Lana Brindley wrote:
>>     
>>> 2009/8/18 Lana Brindley <lanabrindley at gmail.com>:
>>>       
>>>> 2009/8/18 Ian McLeod <ianmcleod75 at gmail.com>:
>>>>         
>>>>> Jack Kelly wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Lana Brindley<lanabrindley at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have an encrypted /home on Fedora 11 (running on an Acer Aspire
>>>>> One), but I set it up at install. Not sure how easy it would be to do
>>>>> retrospectively.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> How is F11 on the Aspire One? Can your NetworkManager do PEAP with
>>>>> GTC? Do you get automake 1.11? libtool 2? Those are the real key
>>>>> points for me. I'm currently using XUbuntu 9.10 alpha 4 and am pretty
>>>>> happy with it, but I don't like the lack of encryption options on the
>>>>> desktop CD (installed this morning - haven't had a chance to do it
>>>>> retroactively).
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Jack
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> can anyone confirm if suspend or hibernate works with encrypted
>>>>> filesystems
>>>>> on a netbook / laptop.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am tempted to wipe this install and re-install with encryption - seems
>>>>> like the only way.
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> I don't use hibernate, but suspend works just fine.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Actually, I take that back. When I tried it just now it failed
>>> abysmally. I'm sure it's worked in the past though ... o_O
>>>
>>> L
>>>
>>>       
>> Generally speaking, suspend to disk is a no-brainer - it is resuming
>> that causes all the grief...
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Bob Edwards.
>>
>>     
>
> So it would seem!
>
> L
>
>   
so encryption breaks hibernate - I wonder if only encrypting /home /tmp 
and /var would break it - or if only root encryption breaks it.