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How to resize an ext4 encrypted home partition?

rated 0 times [ 6] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 5092 / 1 Year ago, thu, may 18, 2023, 12:31:12

Which is the best way in order to resize an encrypted (ecryptfs) ext4 home partition ?

Pros nad Cons of each method are greatly appreciated.

$ fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 256.1 GB, 256060514304 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 31130 cylinders, total 500118192 sectors

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes



   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

/dev/sda1   *          63    41945714    20972826    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

/dev/sda2       207007744   211206554     2099405+  82  Linux swap / Solaris

/dev/sda3        42946560    82008063    19530752   83  Linux

/dev/sda4        82008064   207007743    62499840   83  Linux

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answered 1 Year ago velelf · Accepted Answer

Boot Ubuntu from the LiveCD (or a USB-key) and run gparted. In the top-right you can select your harddisk. When it is selected you can just right-click on the partition and chose resize.

eCryptfs encrypts single files and not the whole partition. So can safely resize the partition as you like. Remember that you should have backups of your things!