Ext4 encryption

This article Article description::provides instructions on encrypting files in a home partition using the ext4 filesystem's built-in file based encryption.

Overview
Ext4 supports file based encryption. Encrypting files on an individual basis may be more suitable than full disk encryption (such as DM-Crypt) because of performance gains and the ability to exclude certain directories from encryption. For example, open-source project repositories or other 'public' files are not required to be encrypted.

This scenario will work only with single user computer (specified in systemd service file).

Note: Wayland is not supported since it won't run Xsession file before touching.

Decryption before login
Since ext4 uses kernel keyring, which is divided into session keyring (every time a user logs into console, X, or Wayland) and user keyring (persist for user, but only as user keep logged in).

systemd
The systemd unit will need to run before login screens (impossible with systemd). So, I just cut tty6 for password prompt.

No need to use all 6 VT's.. So you need modify and reduce number of reserved VTs.

Create systemd service file:

and script - wait for display manager loads itself, then switch to VT 6, ask password and save it to @s (session), set permissions to allow link it to @u (user keyring) and change back to VT 7 (display manager). Sleep infinity, because at moment, when this script ends, user keyring is wiped and it has no point.

Into script you have to fill number, which you'll get after you run under normal circumstances and then run.

Last thing, you need link from @u (user keyring) to @s (session keyring), because otherwise ext4 is not able to detect key (no idea why). For this case is best use pam.

Search for files which has inside, grep it and put line after with

Issues

 * When is e4crypt issued with -k @u (user keyring), kernel is not able decrypt content