Encrypted Root

This howto describes how to setup a swapless encrypted root partition without llvm.

Warning

out of order

Warning

This build is currently broken

Prepare the hard drive and partitions

List the device to be partitioned, mine is on /dev/sdc

root # lsblk -o name,size,label,partlabel

Partition

root # cgdisk /dev/sdc

delete everything.

Command:  new ↵
First sector: ↵
Last sector: +1M ↵
Hex Code: EF02 ↵
Enter name: BIOS Boot ↵

scroll down to large chunk of free space:

Command: new ↵
First sector: ↵
Last sector: +128M ↵
Hex Code: EF00 ↵
Enter name: BOOT ↵

scroll down to large chunk of free space:

Command: new ↵
First sector: ↵
Last sector: ↵
Hex Code:  8304 ↵
Enter name: FUNTOO ↵

Disk Drive: /dev/sdc
                            Size: 62333952, 29.7 GiB

Part. #     Size        Partition Type            Partition Name
----------------------------------------------------------------
            1007.0 KiB  free space
   1        1024.0 KiB  BIOS boot partition	  BIOS Boot
   2        256.0 MiB   EFI System                BOOT
   3        29.5 GiB    Linux x86-64 root (/)     FUNTOO

Command: write ↵
Command: quit ↵

Encrypt the drive

root # cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sdc3

enter your password

Initialize the volume

Initialize the volume:

root # cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdc3 dmcrypt_root

Create your filesystem

root # mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sdc2
root # fatlabel /dev/sdc2 "BOOT"
root # mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/dmcrypt_root

Basic system setup

root # mkdir /mnt/funtoo
root # mount /dev/mapper/dmcrypt_root /mnt/funtoo
root # mkdir  /mnt/funtoo/boot
root # mount /dev/sdc2 /mnt/funtoo/boot

Get Funtoo Gnome

You can pull your Subarches gnome tarball if you wish:

root # cd /mnt/funtoo
root # wget https://build.funtoo.org/1.4-release-std/x86-64bit/generic_64/gnome-latest.tar.xz
root # tar --numeric-owner --xattrs --xattrs-include='*' -xpf *gnome* && rm -f *gnome*

Load Funtoo

expand your run tmpfs to be half of your ram:

root # mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /run

mount up:

root # cd /mnt/funtoo && mount -t proc none proc
mount --rbind /sys sys
mount --rbind /dev dev
mount --rbind /run run

chroot in:

root # cd /mnt/funtoo && env -i HOME=/root TERM=$TERM chroot . bash -l

Set yo password:
set yo hostname:
set cloudflare dns resolution for installing:
Set yo time zone:

root # passwd
root # echo 'hostname="crypto"' > /etc/conf.d/hostname
root # echo "nameserver 1.1.1.1" > /etc/resolv.conf
root # ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Detroit /etc/localtime

load your fstab

Deploy your fstab:

root # cat > /etc/fstab << "EOF"
LABEL=BOOT /boot vfat noauto,noatime 1 2
/dev/mapper/dmcrypt_root / ext4 noatime,nodiratime,defaults 0 1
tmpfs /run tmpfs rw,nodev,nosuid 0 0
EOF

compile in ram:

root # echo 'PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/run"' > /etc/portage/make.conf

Deploy your package.use file:

root # cat > /etc/portage/package.use << "EOF"
sys-kernel/debian-sources luks
sys-kernel/debian-sources-lts luks
sys-boot/grub device-mapper
sys-kernel/linux-firmware initramfs
EOF

merge stuff:

root # ego sync

Deploy your ego profile:

root # ego profile mix-in encrypted-root

root # emerge grub haveged intel-microcode linux-firmware eix cryptsetup debian-sources-lts && emerge debian-sources && emerge -vuND @world

set services:

root # rc-update del swap boot && rc-update add haveged && rc-update add gpm && rc-update add busybox-ntpd
root # rc-update add device-mapper sysinit
root # rc-update add dmcrypt sysinit

Bootloader Configuration

/etc/boot.conf

boot {
  generate grub
  default "Funtoo Linux"
  timeout 3
}
"Funtoo Linux" {
	kernel kernel[-v]
	initrd initramfs[-v]
  params += crypt_root=PARTLABEL=FUNTOO lvm luks root=/dev/mapper/dmcrypt_root rootfstype=ext4
}

Now, run ego boot update to write the configuration files to /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Another Example

Configure the bootloader as described above, with correct kernel and initramfs images names. An example for grub2. You will be editing /etc/boot.conf:

boot {
  generate grub
  default "Funtoo Linux"
  timeout 3
}
"Funtoo Linux" {
	kernel kernel[-v]
	initrd initramfs[-v]
  params += crypt_root=PARTLABEL=FUNTOO dolvm real_root=/dev/mapper/dmcrypt_root  rootfstype=ext4

GRUB

Install grub in legacy mode:

root # grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sdc 
root # ego boot update

EFI from Legacy

manually make efi directory:
remount /dev/sdc2 to /boot/efi:
install efi images:

root # mkdir /boot/efi
root # mount /dev/sdc2 /boot/efi
root # grub-install --target=x86_64-efi /boot/efi

EFI from EFI

root #mount -o remount,rw /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
root #grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id="Funtoo Linux [GRUB]" --recheck /dev/sda
root #ego boot update

Final steps

exit chroot, unmount everything, close encrypted drive and reboot

root # exit
root # cd ..
root # umount -lR funtoo
root # cryptsetup luksClose dmcrypt_root

After reboot you will get the following:

>>> better-initramfs started. Kernel version 2.6.35-gentoo-r10
>>> Create all the symlinks to /bin/busybox.
>>> Initiating /dev/dir
>>> Getting LVM volumes up (if any)
Reding all physical volumes. This make take awhile...
No volume group found
No volume group found
>>> Opening encrypted partition and mapping to /dev/mapper/dmcrypt_root
Enter passphrase fore /dev/sda2:

Type your password

>>> Again, getting LVM volumes up (if any, after map dmcrypt).
  Reading all physical volumes.  This may take a while...
  Found volume group "vg" using metadata type lvm2
  4 logical volume(s) in volume group "vg" now active
>>> Mounting rootfs to /newroot
>>> Umounting /sys and /proc.
>>> Switching root to /newroot and executing /sbin/init.
INIT: version 2.88 booting
Loading /libexec/rc/console/keymap
  OpenRC 0.6.1 is starting up Funtoo Linux (x86_64)
...boot messages omitted for clarity
   
orion login: oleg
Password:
Last login: Thu Oct 14 20:49:21 EEST 2010 on tty1
oleg@orion ~ %

management

Change your LUKs-encrypted drive's passphrase

You may want to change your encrypted volume’s passphrase or password from time to time. To do so, run the following commands in the console as root:

root # cryptsetup luksChangeKey /dev/sda3

You'll be prompted to enter in the existing passphrase first, then to enter in your new passphrase. You will not be asked to confirm your new passphrase, so be careful when running this operation.

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