Re: system drive encryption question
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On Wed, Apr 05, 2017 at 05:31:38PM -0600, FHDATA wrote:
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>
> hello,
>
> I am not currently using debian as linux OS but
> considering it ...
>
>
> If I clean install debian (latest of course) and during
> the install process have its / (system drive)
> encrypted with pass-phrase ....
>
> then later on, can I add a key, residing on
> a usb flash drive, to that encryption?
I assume the encryption will be LUKS based (the default here). LUKS
supports several key slots (8 if I remember correctly), and cryptsetup's
man page mentions a luksAddKey command, so it should be possible.
I haven't tried it myself yet, though.
Regards
- -- tomás
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