Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:28:55 +0100 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do you backup an encrypted geli partition? Message-ID: <20070718182855.577d1bb9@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <bd20341a0707180802v7f52cd7bu24c02fa5ce644ab7@mail.gmail.com> References: <bd20341a0707180802v7f52cd7bu24c02fa5ce644ab7@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:02:53 -0700 "Neil Gruending" <neil@gruending.net> wrote: > Hi there, > > If I created an encrypted partition using geli, is it possible back it > up to another machine and still keep in encrypted? I want to use geli > for my subversion repository and then back it up to an offsite host > (hopefully using something like rsync). Short of taking a disk image, no. But once it's mounted it's no different from any other partition, so there's nothing to stop you rsynching to another encrypted partition or creating an encrypted archive.
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