Data Partition Crypt

• /etc/init.d/cryptdisks and root crypting might be fine for a laptop, but not a server/partially unattended workstation: it would hang when you reboot, or not reboot with all its partitions mounted

• Your OS data may likely not be that vital or secret

• Crypting /data allows the system to boot unattended

• You can also use the user's login password to unlock the data partition, and avoid multiple passwords

• This is where pam-mount comes in: use the password from login/xdm/gdm/kdm to decrypt and mount the data partition