So, I've decided that I want to reinstall Arch on my laptop, but this time separate /home from root, and encrypt it using LUKS.
I made a backup of my current, unencrypted home directory (I didn't separate them initially) using:
sudo rsync -aXS --exclude='/*/.gvfs' /home/. /mnt/home/.
Once I wipe Arch and reinstall it, encrypting /home, would I be able to transfer my unencrypted files to the encrypted /home partition, and have them become encrypted?
4 Comments
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz · 16 pts · 1y
Yep.
Once an encrypted storage volume is mounted and in use, you just transfer stuff into and out of it like normal.
There's nothing unusual about the files themselves.
Quazatron@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
That's pretty much it.
jesse@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
I typically try to not be logged in as the user whose home directory is being copied when I do this just to avoid any collisions. Otherwise this looks right.
partizan@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
You dont need to wipe anything, just shrink the filesystem from a live system.
Then create a new partition, which you encrypt and mount...