Encrypt the whole disk after installing 18.04
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Windows or macOS provide easy ways to encrypt/decrypt the system drive (such as C: on Windows) whenever the user wants using GUI. It seems that the system drive encryption is an option at the installation GUI of Ubuntu, but there is no GUI to do it after installation, unlike Windows or macOS.
What if I want to encrypt it after installing Ubuntu normally? And what if I want to decrypt it after installation with the encryption option? Is that supported? I mean, without reinstalling the system.
There seem to be some tutorials about encrypting the home directory after installation, instead. So, on Ubuntu, it is recommended to encrypt only the home directory instead of the whole disk?
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Windows or macOS provide easy ways to encrypt/decrypt the system drive (such as C: on Windows) whenever the user wants using GUI. It seems that the system drive encryption is an option at the installation GUI of Ubuntu, but there is no GUI to do it after installation, unlike Windows or macOS.
What if I want to encrypt it after installing Ubuntu normally? And what if I want to decrypt it after installation with the encryption option? Is that supported? I mean, without reinstalling the system.
There seem to be some tutorials about encrypting the home directory after installation, instead. So, on Ubuntu, it is recommended to encrypt only the home directory instead of the whole disk?
encryption
asked Jun 1 at 7:20
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Windows or macOS provide easy ways to encrypt/decrypt the system drive (such as C: on Windows) whenever the user wants using GUI. It seems that the system drive encryption is an option at the installation GUI of Ubuntu, but there is no GUI to do it after installation, unlike Windows or macOS.
What if I want to encrypt it after installing Ubuntu normally? And what if I want to decrypt it after installation with the encryption option? Is that supported? I mean, without reinstalling the system.
There seem to be some tutorials about encrypting the home directory after installation, instead. So, on Ubuntu, it is recommended to encrypt only the home directory instead of the whole disk?
encryption
asked Jun 1 at 7:20
Damn Vegetables
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Windows or macOS provide easy ways to encrypt/decrypt the system drive (such as C: on Windows) whenever the user wants using GUI. It seems that the system drive encryption is an option at the installation GUI of Ubuntu, but there is no GUI to do it after installation, unlike Windows or macOS.
What if I want to encrypt it after installing Ubuntu normally? And what if I want to decrypt it after installation with the encryption option? Is that supported? I mean, without reinstalling the system.
There seem to be some tutorials about encrypting the home directory after installation, instead. So, on Ubuntu, it is recommended to encrypt only the home directory instead of the whole disk?
encryption
asked Jun 1 at 7:20
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You cant encrypt your system with veracrypt on ubuntu, just folders for secret files...
answered Aug 6 at 17:42
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You can use Veracrypt, it's a simple tool really effective, well-known and descending from TrueCrypt, which was a really tool but depreciate for his complexity
You can try this tutorial : Encrypt data in linux with veracrypt
answered Jun 1 at 8:24
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I have used Veracrypt on Windows. Does this mean that with the Ubuntu's native disk encryption, you cannot (easily) encrypt/decrypt the whole system disk after installation?
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You cant encrypt your system with veracrypt on ubuntu, just folders for secret files...
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You cant encrypt your system with veracrypt on ubuntu, just folders for secret files...
answered Aug 6 at 17:42
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up vote
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You cant encrypt your system with veracrypt on ubuntu, just folders for secret files...
answered Aug 6 at 17:42
konneman
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You cant encrypt your system with veracrypt on ubuntu, just folders for secret files...
answered Aug 6 at 17:42
konneman
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answered Aug 6 at 17:42
konneman
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answered Aug 6 at 17:42
konneman
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answered Aug 6 at 17:42
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up vote
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You can use Veracrypt, it's a simple tool really effective, well-known and descending from TrueCrypt, which was a really tool but depreciate for his complexity
You can try this tutorial : Encrypt data in linux with veracrypt
answered Jun 1 at 8:24
damadam
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I have used Veracrypt on Windows. Does this mean that with the Ubuntu's native disk encryption, you cannot (easily) encrypt/decrypt the whole system disk after installation?
– Damn Vegetables
Jun 1 at 15:53
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
You can use Veracrypt, it's a simple tool really effective, well-known and descending from TrueCrypt, which was a really tool but depreciate for his complexity
You can try this tutorial : Encrypt data in linux with veracrypt
answered Jun 1 at 8:24
damadam
771216
I have used Veracrypt on Windows. Does this mean that with the Ubuntu's native disk encryption, you cannot (easily) encrypt/decrypt the whole system disk after installation?
– Damn Vegetables
Jun 1 at 15:53
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
You can use Veracrypt, it's a simple tool really effective, well-known and descending from TrueCrypt, which was a really tool but depreciate for his complexity
You can try this tutorial : Encrypt data in linux with veracrypt
answered Jun 1 at 8:24
damadam
771216
You can use Veracrypt, it's a simple tool really effective, well-known and descending from TrueCrypt, which was a really tool but depreciate for his complexity
You can try this tutorial : Encrypt data in linux with veracrypt
answered Jun 1 at 8:24
damadam
771216
answered Jun 1 at 8:24
damadam
771216
answered Jun 1 at 8:24
damadam
771216
answered Jun 1 at 8:24
damadam
771216
771216
I have used Veracrypt on Windows. Does this mean that with the Ubuntu's native disk encryption, you cannot (easily) encrypt/decrypt the whole system disk after installation?
– Damn Vegetables
Jun 1 at 15:53
add a comment |Â
I have used Veracrypt on Windows. Does this mean that with the Ubuntu's native disk encryption, you cannot (easily) encrypt/decrypt the whole system disk after installation?
– Damn Vegetables
Jun 1 at 15:53
I have used Veracrypt on Windows. Does this mean that with the Ubuntu's native disk encryption, you cannot (easily) encrypt/decrypt the whole system disk after installation?
– Damn Vegetables
Jun 1 at 15:53
I have used Veracrypt on Windows. Does this mean that with the Ubuntu's native disk encryption, you cannot (easily) encrypt/decrypt the whole system disk after installation?
– Damn Vegetables
Jun 1 at 15:53
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