Ubuntu encrypted home - lvm way

1. Create lvm partition. (sdaXX)
# fdisk /dev/sda
and then create 1 partition for root, swap and the rest for home.

2. Create physical extend.

# pvcreate /dev/sda3

3. Create logical volume
# lvcreate -n crypted-home -L 200G vg0
(you can leave free space if you want to be able to add additional partitions later)

4. Install needed tools
# aptitude -y install cryptsetup initramfs-tools hashalot lvm2
# modprobe dm-crypt
# modprobe dm-mod

5. Check for bad blocks (optional)
# /sbin/badblocks -c 10240 -s -w -t random -v /dev/vg0/crypted-home

6. Setup crytped home partition with luks
# cryptsetup -y --cipher serpent-xts-essiv:sha256 --hash sha512 --key-size 512 -i 50000 luksFormat /dev/vg0/crypted-home
enter uppercase YES!!

7. Open the created crypted partition
# cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/vg0/crypted-home home

8. Create filesystem on the crypted home device
# mke2fs -j -O dir_index,filetype,sparse_super /dev/mapper/home

9. Mount and copy home files.
# mount -t ext3 /dev/mapper/home /mnt
# cp -axv /home/* /mnt/
# umount /mnt

10. Setup the system to open/mount crypted home.
Insert in /etc/fstab :
#
/dev/mapper/home /home ext3 defaults 1 2

After that, add an entry in /etc/crypttab:

#
home /dev/vg0/crypted-home none luks

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