From: Milan Broz <gmazyland@gmail.com>
To: Enda <enda_k2@yahoo.com>
Cc: "dm-crypt@saout.de" <dm-crypt@saout.de>
Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Can I encrypt an already existing, non-empty partition to use LUKS?
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 21:36:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <522E233E.4010702@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1378751179.84311.YahooMailNeo@web163103.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
On 09/09/2013 08:26 PM, Enda wrote:
> https://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
>
> The FAQ says "there is no converter, and it is not really needed."
>
>
> I already have a backup of my data, and I could wipe all the files on
> the drive with luks and then restore from backup but I would prefer
> to keep the files on the drive in case something happened to the
> backup files.>
> Is it possible to encrypt an already existing, non-empty partition to use LUKS?
Well, there is a way. It is not in-place encryption (the data are shifted) so you need
reserve some space in the end of device (either by increasing partition or
by shrinking the filesystem a little bit).
Read http://asalor.blogspot.cz/2012/08/re-encryption-of-luks-device-cryptsetup.html
and man page of cryptsetup-reencrypt.
And do not try it without backup, reencrypting is still experimental thing.
Milan
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2013-09-09 18:26 [dm-crypt] Can I encrypt an already existing, non-empty partition to use LUKS? Enda
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