you can not encrypt partitions installing from desktop-CD
Bug #532890 reported by
hvoss
This bug affects 2 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: ubiquity
It's (at least for notebooks) essential to encrypt /home, Swap, /tmp and /var to prevent that unauthorized persons can access your intimate data. The best way to ensure this is to encrypt everything but /boot.
The "Desktop"-CDs of Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu do not allow encrypted /-partitions and do not allow encrypted swap partitions.
To reproduce this bug:
Try to install Ubuntu using a key-encrypted (dm-crypt) root partition (/), a random-
Solution:
Give all the encryption possibilities of the "alternate"-CDs to "desktop"-CD-users.
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Encrypted swap is enabled automatically when you select the encrypted home option.