How do I encrypt ext4 home folder partition?

Asked Jun 12 '11 at 08:51

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Possible Duplicate:
How do I encrypt my home partition?

EDIT: Its not a duplicate. "How do I encrypt my home partition?" is old and does not mention anything about EXT4.

I have installed Ubuntu 11.04.

At the time of installation I did not encrypted my home partition, but now I feel the need of it. How do I encrypt my home partition?

Please note, I have ext4 file system.

Once encrypted will I be able to recover my data in case of OS Crash (which occures very rarely)?

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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asked Jun 12 '11 at 08:51

Rahul Prasad

Could you create a new question for the recovery question? – Lekensteyn Jun 12 '11 at 09:19
Encrypting a partition is done with LUKS, encrypting a home directory is not the same as encrypting the partition. See also http://askubuntu.com/questions/27828/is-encrypting-the-home-directory-on-an-encrypted-lvm-installation-overkill/34897#34897 – Lekensteyn Jun 14 '11 at 07:15

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