Luks AFTER install

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I shared something of a how-to here:

Problem with mounting encrypted drives

First, see here (what I detail below is my own notes from this process): See crypttab > Mounting at boot time. You can generate a strong passphrase for each of these volumes, and have that stored in file and referenced by /etc/crypttab when mounting those volumes. The process is as follows: Generate random passphrase. Add that passphrase as a key to your LUKS volume. Reference your LUKS volume UUID. Add the LUKS volume to /etc/crypttab. Add the decrypted volume to /etc/fstab. GUIDE: 1. Ge…

I wouldn’t necessarily recommend auto-mounting removable drives on startup though, in case they are removed, causing startup issues.