etc etc.3. File modification dates.... Metadata...2. Indexers, backup software, media servers, that will see each file change and will try and back it up1. In use filesHmm... Seems like it might be my only option but it's really precarious.What about:On 23 April 2015 at 14:59, Toby Corkindale <toby@dryft.net> wrote:Hi Noah,You might be able to achieve this with ecryptfs, from Ubuntu.It can mount an encrypted drive with unencrypted-passthrough; you can then run around rewriting all the files to convert them.ie.mount -t ecryptfs encrypted cryptedfind -type f crypted -exec rewrite_file \{\} \;where rewrite_file does something likecp $FILE tmp_filerm $FILEmv tmp_file $FILE-TobyOn Thu, 23 Apr 2015 at 08:36 Noah O'Donoghue <noah.odonoghue@gmail.com> wrote:_______________________________________________Hey all,I have a few cases where I'd like to encrypt without taking the system down for extended periods, ie, servers.In the windows/apple world truecrypt / bitlocker / filevault will all let you encrypt the root partition as a background process, throttled to a low IO load. Usually this requires a reboot to get started, then runs in the background.Does anyone know how to achieve this in the Linux world? (preferably with luks)-Noah
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