#RSYNC FOLDER BACKUP HOW TO#

Copied Files from that Source Are Not Encrypted: The second you copy that file via any method to that other device, the file is not encrypted.

Source Directory/Partition Should Be Encrypted: If your source directory is encrypted, only those files in that source directory are encrypted on that source system.

Here is the breakdown of the basic concept regardless of system being used: I do not use Linux Mint, but what you are describing isnвЂ™t how home directory encryption works. Just because the source directory is encrypted does not mean the Rsynced files will themselves be encrypted. vscodeДrwxrwxr-x 14 fabio fabio 4096 Nov 12 15:06 Websites varДrwxrwxr-x 3 fabio fabio 4096 Nov 9 16:34 ViagemДrwxrwxr-x 3 fabio fabio 4096 Nov 9 16:34 VideosДrwx- 3 fabio fabio 4096 Nov 12 02:43 'VirtualBox VMs'Дrwxrwxr-x 3 fabio fabio 4096 Dec 21 15:52. vagrant.dДrwxrwxr-x 3 fabio fabio 4096 Dec 25 05:50. thunderbirdДrwxrwxr-x 3 fabio fabio 4096 Dec 19 21:08 VagrantДrwxrwxr-x 7 fabio fabio 4096 Dec 22 16:20. synapticДrwxrwxr-x 3 fabio fabio 36864 Jan 2 14:55 tagspacesДrwxrwxr-x 2 fabio fabio 4096 Dec 22 11:46 TemplatesДrwx- 6 fabio fabio 4096 Dec 20 19:51. sudo_as_admin_successfulДrwx- 2 fabio fabio 4096 Jan 1 23:53. python_historyДrwxrwxr-x 7 fabio fabio 4096 Dec 27 11:31 rofi-calcДrwxrwxr-x 3 fabio fabio 4096 Dec 27 02:58 rsync-homedir-excludesДrwxrwxr-x 9 fabio fabio 4096 Dec 7 05:40 ScriptsДrwxr-xr-x 5 fabio fabio 4096 Dec 20 13:45 snap profileДrwxr-xr-x 2 fabio fabio 4096 Dec 12 17:36 Public Private -> /home/.ecryptfs/fabio/.Private** **lrwxrwxrwx 1 fabio fabio 30 Dec 12 19:32. nehmconfigДrwxrwxr-x 3 fabio fabio 4096 Dec 22 08:31 NextcloudДrwxrwxr-x 15 fabio fabio 4096 Nov 13 20:21 PicturesДrwx- 3 fabio fabio 4096 Dec 13 03:12. mozillaДrwxr-xr-x 11 fabio fabio 4096 Dec 22 15:40 Music localДrwx- 2 fabio fabio 4096 Dec 22 10:45 Mail linuxmintДrwxr-xr-x 3 fabio fabio 4096 Dec 12 17:36. ecryptfs -> /home/.ecryptfs/fabio/.ecryptfs**Дrwxrwxr-x 4 fabio fabio 4096 Nov 21 13:59 EscritorioДrwxrwxr-x 11 fabio fabio 4096 Nov 9 16:11 Estudos **lrwxrwxrwx 1 fabio fabio 31 Dec 12 19:32. dmrcДrwxrwxr-x 11 fabio fabio 4096 Nov 23 18:24 DocumentsДrwxr-xr-x 8 fabio fabio 4096 Jan 2 19:02 DownloadsДrwx- 8 fabio fabio 4096 Dec 13 04:38. dbusДrwxr-xr-x 2 fabio fabio 4096 Dec 29 00:44 Desktop bashrcДrwxrwxr-x 2 fabio fabio 4096 Jan 2 18:54 binДrwxrwxr-x 170 fabio fabio 12288 Dec 24 00:30 CalibreLibraryДrwxrwxr-x 2 fabio fabio 4096 Nov 9 16:06 CherrytreeДrwxrwxr-x 11 fabio fabio 4096 Nov 9 16:06 CidadaniaДrwxr-xr-x 43 fabio fabio 4096 Jan 2 16:13. ls -lA /media/fabio/BACKUP/backup-total/fabio/Дrwxrwxr-x 29 fabio fabio 4096 Nov 30 19:40 AdsДrwxrwxr-x 5 fabio fabio 4096 Nov 30 21:04.

#RSYNC FOLDER BACKUP HOW TO#

I looked for how to know if a certain partition is encrypted or not and run this command on the terminal ( BACKUP/ is the label of my external hard drive). I know this is kind of a noob question, but I wanna be sure because I had my laptop stolen in the past and my girlfriend panicked! ) So, should I assume that doing the backup with Rsync the files will be encrypted at the external drive as well? When I installed the system it was marked the option to encrypt the /home partition.

I'm setting up my backup and restoration scripts on my Linux Mint machine to an external hard-drive using rsync.

Rsync folder backup