Transfer unencrypted home to new encrypted install?

[astrolightz@lemmy.world]

So, I've decided that I want to reinstall Arch on my laptop, but this time separate /home from root, and encrypt it using LUKS.

I made a backup of my current, unencrypted home directory (I didn't separate them initially) using:

sudo rsync -aXS --exclude='/*/.gvfs' /home/. /mnt/home/.

Once I wipe Arch and reinstall it, encrypting /home, would I be able to transfer my unencrypted files to the encrypted /home partition, and have them become encrypted?

[quazatron@lemmy.world]

That's pretty much it.

[mentaledge@sopuli.xyz]

Yep.

Once an encrypted storage volume is mounted and in use, you just transfer stuff into and out of it like normal.

There's nothing unusual about the files themselves.

[jesse@sh.itjust.works]

I typically try to not be logged in as the user whose home directory is being copied when I do this just to avoid any collisions. Otherwise this looks right.

[Guest]

You dont need to wipe anything, just shrink the filesystem from a live system.

Then create a new partition, which you encrypt and mount...