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Can I easily have an encrypted home in WSL? (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As a long-term Linux user, I tried running Ubuntu under the Windows Subsystem for Linux. I works!

I have tried to setup ecryptfs, but this fails complaining that kernel module is missing. Here I don't know enough about WSL, but it appears to come with a custom kernel.

Can I essily encrypt WSL? If Luks is the answer, how do I enter the passphrase? The boot process is hidden.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've read that systemd-homed can do encrypted home directories but I haven't tried it, much less on WSL but that may get you to achieve the encrypted home directory at least.

Personally I don't think I would have a need to encrypt all of WSL, but maybe that also makes sense for your case.

ArchWiki example: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd-homed