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How can I encrypt the home folder in Ubuntu 12.04 server on-the-fly?

I tried this:

root@avo-server:/home/avo# ecryptfs-migrate-home -u avo
INFO:  Checking disk space, this may take a few moments.  Please be patient.
INFO:  Checking for open files in /home/avo
INFO:  The following files are in use:

    COMMAND    PID   USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF    NODE NAME
    bash      1669 avo  cwd    DIR    8,1     4096 1185899 /home/avo
    sudo      1806   root  cwd    DIR    8,1     4096 1185899 /home/avo
    su        1807   root  cwd    DIR    8,1     4096 1185899 /home/avo
    bash      1808   root  cwd    DIR    8,1     4096 1185899 /home/avo
    ecryptfs- 1909   root  cwd    DIR    8,1     4096 1185899 /home/avo
    lsof      1931   root  cwd    DIR    8,1     4096 1185899 /home/avo
    sed       1932   root  cwd    DIR    8,1     4096 1185899 /home/avo
    lsof      1933   root  cwd    DIR    8,1     4096 1185899 /home/avo

ERROR:  Cannot proceed.

I'm getting ERROR: Cannot proceed.

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  • You cannot encrypt your Home directory whilst you are logged in
  • You need root privileges to encrypt a user’s Home directory.

So create a temporary administrator account to do the encryption of /home/avo/.

Rinzwind
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