encrypted home dir backup

Volker Wysk post at volker-wysk.de
Mon Jan 4 16:31:43 UTC 2016


Am Wednesday 30 December 2015, 21:49:05 schrieb Donatas G.:
> Hi,
> 
> I have read in a few places, like this (
> http://mykek.com/os/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_with_backup.html) that it is possible
> to backup the encrypted files of the Unbuntu encrypted home directory to
> restore them later if need be. However, I was unable to find out if it is
> possible to do the backup when I am logged in to the session (with the
> encrypted home mounted/being accessed.
> 
> Does anyone know if it will be ok / not cause problems later, when I need
> to restore the backup? I am not quite sure why it _could_ cause problems,
> but just to make sure...
> 
> Donatas Glodenis

If you back up to an external hard disk, you can just encrypt its entire file 
system. The you don't need to worry about encryption in the backup tool.

Good luck
Volker




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