Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual page 890

password when prompted for it. After you are done with working on this partition, un-
mount it with umount name_of_partition to protect it from access by other
users.
When you are installing your system on a machine where several partitions already
exist, you can also decide to encrypt an existing partition during installation. In this
case follow the description in Section 47.1.2, "Creating an Encrypted Partition on a
Running System" (page 872) and be aware that this action destroys all data on the existing
partition to encrypt.
47.1.2 Creating an Encrypted Partition on a
WARNING: Activating Encryption in a Running System
It is also possible to create encrypted partitions on a running system. However,
encrypting an existing partition destroys all data on it and requires resizing and
restructuring of existing partitions.
On a running system, select System > Partitioning in the YaST Control Center. Click
Yes to proceed. In the Expert Partitioner, select the partition to encrypt and click Edit.
The rest of the procedure is the same as described in Section 47.1.1, "Creating an En-
crypted Partition during Installation" (page 871).
47.1.3 Creating an Encrypted File as a
Instead of using a partition, it is possible to create an encrypted file of a certain size
that can then hold other files or folders containing confidential data. Such container
files are created from the YaST Expert Partitioner dialog. Select Crypt File and enter
the full path to the file and its size. Accept or change the proposed formatting settings
and the file system type. Specify the mount point and decide whether the encrypted file
system should be mounted at system boot.
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Running System
Container