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How to auto unlock an encrypted drive on start for a fedora server? (lemmy.selfhostcat.com)

submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) by ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I tried added a key file and even a password txt but both lead to it still asking for me to type in the password.

Is it because the drive is encrypted? I tried placing the files at /, /boot, /root, /etc

Edit1: I’ve tried to install dropbear and give it ssh keys. I will try to reboot in the morning and see what happens

Edit2: signing in via ssh just says port 22 rejected not working :(

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[–] Unmapped@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks, both of your points are good. I was thinking about it in terms of what OP is trying to do. Having key on the same drive. Putting the key on a separate drive or even the cloud like someone else suggested makes sense. I have all of my computers on manual. Since I don't have anything critical enough that it can't wait till I'm back home to start it back up.

[–] kevincox@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, I don't think there are many benefits when keeping the key on the same drive. Other than a bit of obfuscation. It does still help with erasing, as you can wipe the keyslots (rendering the key useless) but with modern storage media deletion is fairly hard to ensure. But still better than unencrypted.