During Installation - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 08-05-2008 Deployment Manual

42.1.1 Creating an Encrypted Partition

during Installation

WARNING: Password Input
Make sure to memorize the password for your encrypted partitions well.
Without that password you cannot access or restore the encrypted data.
The YaST expert dialog for partitioning offers the options needed for creating an en-
crypted partition. To create a new encrypted partition proceed as follows:
1 Run the YaST Partitioner from the YaST Control Center with System > Partitioner
2 Click Create and select a primary or a logical partition.
3 Select the desired file system, size and mount point of this partition.
4 If the encrypted file system should only be mounted when necessary, enable Do
Not Mount at System Start-up in the Fstab Options.
5 Activate the Encrypt file system check box.
6 Click OK. You will be prompted for a password that is used to encrypt this par-
tition. This password is not displayed. To prevent typing errors, enter the password
twice.
7 Complete the process by clicking OK. The new encrypted partition is now created.
Unless Do Not Mount at System Start-up was selected, the operating system requests
the password while booting before mounting the partition. The partition is available to
all users once it has been mounted.
To skip mounting the encrypted partition during start-up, click Enter when prompted
for the password. Then decline the offer to enter the password again. In this case, the
encrypted file system is not mounted and the operating system continues booting,
blocking access to your data.
To access an encrypted partition that is not mounted during boot, mount the partition
manually by entering mount name_of_partition mount_point. Enter the
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