Take the 2-minute tour ×  Selecting the encryption option at
install time to encrypt the home partition. Does this enable
encryption of the swap partition or is the swap partition
unencrypted. If the swap partition is unencrypted, how do I
encrypt the swap and home partitions.  share|improve this
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By default, selecting the “Encrypt my home directory” option at
install time will encrypt your swap space¹ as well - at least in
Ubuntu 10.04 and newer (I don't know when this was implemented,
so it could well be earlier).  Technically, it uses the
ecryptfs-setup-swap program to do the swap encryption. You can
use this tool if you want to encrypt your swap space post-
install.  ¹: This applies to both swap partitions and any swap
files you may have set up.  share|improve this answer how can i
check via commandline if the swap-partition is encrypted? –  NES
Dec 14 '10 at 18:36 add comment  No, data written to the swap
partition is done so in cleartext. If