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How do I delete the backup Home Folder that was created after I encrypted my Home Folder?

I'm having a problem here. I just encrypted my home holder successfully and all the different tutorials that I read say that the final step is to delete the backup home folder that was created: It ...
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How to recover encrypted deja-dup backup from new install?

I have a backup of my documents stored in the Ubuntu One cloud. I used the default deja-dup backup application and I have enabled encyption. I was running Ubuntu 13.04 daily build but as the school ...
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Automatic incremental backups to an encrypted external hard disk

What is the best way to do automatic incremental backups (and if possible to store more than a single version of the same file) to an external usb hard disk with full hard disk encryption? I don't ...
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Filesystem that gives an encrypted view of a directory—the inverse of EncFS

Currently I'm using EncFS to encrypt my directory "confidential" to ".encconfidential" and sync that encrypted directory using an online service (e.g. Dropbox, UbuntuOne etc). However my entire disk ...
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How to backup/restore full-disk encryption?

How to backup/restore full-disk encryption ubuntu 11.10? I would like to put the RAW encrypted file system and restore on another computer. Encryption Details: crypt setup via Ubuntu alterate CD ...
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Backup keeps asking for Encryption Password while restoring

I'm attempting to restore from a previous backup but the restore keeps asking me for an Encrypted Password. I enter what I want it to be but it shows up some thirty seconds later to ask again. Why is ...
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Encrypt tar.gz file on create

I have a script which creates a nightly backup of several directories. It is created using tar -czf, and the destination tar.gz file path is on a mounted network directory. The resulting file is ...
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Encrypted backups on a NFS or SSHFS share

Been going around in square circles here so any help and/or suggestions welcome! Goal: encrypt my backup data on shared network server (shared via NFS or SSHFS) want the encrypted folder to be ...
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How can I make Deja Dup use AES 256 as the encryption algorithm?

I'm using Deja Dup on Oneiric Ocelot. How can I make it use AES 256 as the algorithm for encryption? Or for that matter, how can I control which encryption algorithm is used? Deja Dup uses ...
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How can I backup my system, encrypt the disk, and restore? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Encrypted System Backup I would like to encrypt my entire disk offered by a fresh Ubuntu install as described here. However, my current laptop has too many ...
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tar: Backing up an encrypted /home folder?

After some trial and error, I've managed to backup my Ubuntu 10.04 workstation and it's time for my Laptop. It also runs 10.04, but has an encrypted /home folder. Running the below snippet as root ...
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Best way to backup a system with whole disk-encryption

What's the best way to backup a system encrypted with whole disk-encryption? I mean, The total system is encrypted, not only the home folder.
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Can't boot after recovering backup

I installed Xubuntu 10.10 on a 16 GB pendrive with full disk encryption using the alternate installer. The installation process was quite time consuming so I made a backup booting from the standard ...