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Bug 783390 - Allow encryption with other file systems
Allow encryption with other file systems
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-disk-utility
Classification: Core
Component: format dialog
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: gnome-disk-utility-maint
gnome-disk-utility-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2017-06-03 20:49 UTC by Charles
Modified: 2017-10-10 03:38 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description Charles 2017-06-03 20:49:19 UTC 
It is only possible to create LUKS-encrypted disks using ext4. Although for most cases this is enough I would not recommend ext4 for flash devices like USB flash drives or SD cards. A better solution would be F2FS.

Luks can be used with other file systems and it would be nice to have a standalone dialog to encrypt disks or otherwise allow at least a file system like F2FS which is best suited for flash devices.
Comment 1 Kai Lüke 2017-06-26 19:53:35 UTC 
Because the 'See also' link is not so prominent I'll write it here again.
This should be covered by the format dialog redesign:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770738

Currently for NTFS or FAT this would need a second manual step. Anyway for a meaningful solution we have to track the state of non-LUKS encryption in UDisks  (even if there is LibreCrypt as LUKS on Windows).
Comment 2 Kai Lüke 2017-10-10 03:38:24 UTC 
The new format dialog in the unreleased version allows to use F2FS when selecting "Other" instead of the preset options.