Re: insserv & encrypted /home

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On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 22:44 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 21:55 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote:
> >> 
> >> I recently re-installed Debian on my laptop because I wanted to
> >> repartition my hard drive and use an encrypted filesystem
> for /home.
> >> Everything went quite smooth, but after installing and configuring
> >> insserv, I am sometimes unable to enter the passphrase needed for
> >> mounting my encrypted /home.
> > 
> > You can also use a single password prompt to unlock the root
> partition
> > (/) and put a key for /home in /etc/crypttab (to open /home
> > automatically on start up).
> 
> This would be an option if I had encrypted /. :)

One can still do that at this stage, if you know the way with moving
files, chroot and grub [even splashy will work!] :)

Best,

Rob