= How to setup the use of a USB pen drive as a key for an ecryptfs private directory = || {i} Please refer to EncryptedFilesystems for further documentation.|| == Partition and format the USB stick == If it's not already done, you'll want to partition and format a filesystem to be used to hold the key data from ecryptfs: {{{ # fdisk /dev/sdb # mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1 }}} == Copy your .ecryptfs to the USB stick == Mount the pen drive on a temporary path, then copy ''.ecryptfs'' from your home directory to the temporary mountpoint. {{{ # mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt # cp -a /home/USERNAME/.ecryptfs/* /mnt # umount /mnt }}} == Obtain the device's UUID == This step is required for automatizing the mounting of the pen drive to the proper path on boot. {{{ # blkid /dev/sdb1 }}} == Automatize == === To mount on boot === Add the following line to ''/etc/fstab'' to mount the USB pen drive to the proper directory on boot: {{{ UUID= /home//.ecryptfs ext3 relatime 0 2 }}} === To mount on connection === There has to be a way to do this...