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I wanted to encrypt the /var of our servers and have a USB flash stick as the 'key'. This process requires two steps, first create the partitions and install the operating system and second do the proper modifications that will enable the partition to be mounted on boot. I first created a root partition "/" in /dev/hda1, a var partition "/var" in /dev/hda2 and a swap partition in /dev/hda3. I then installed Fedora Core 6 on the system, i performed all the disk partitioning via the Fedora's anaconda installer, but that shouldn't be any different from any other linux distribution. After the installation is complete, you may boot the system and start creating the encrypted partition. | ||
| first | 1 of 4 | Steps to encrypt /var |