Unlock Partition Automatically With Keyfile on External Device Linux

Fri, Jun 21, 2019 23:46 CEST

Tags: Security, Automation, Encryption

Useful in specific situations.

Step 1: add USB drives to fstab (follow the link below so that it does not fail if key is not present)

https://askubuntu.com/questions/14365/mount-an-external-drive-at-boot-time-only-if-it-is-plugged-in

Step 2: change /root partition boot line to use keyfile

Step 3: ???

Step 4: profit