linux-image-manager/README.md

Core System

This repository contains scripts to set up an working client system, maintain it and to save all important and configuration data on an USB stick. The data is stored encrypted with EncFS. It's adapted to the needs of Kevin Veen-Birkenbach aka. Frantz. Feel free to modularize it and to adapt it to your needs.

_{Core System changes the wallpaper every day to the Astronomy Picture of the Day. This wallpaper is from the 2019-10-07 and shows Jupiter with the shadow of his moon Io.}

Requirements

This script is optimized for a Manjaro Linux with GNOME desktop.

System

User Data

Right now the software expects that the Core System Owner has on all systems the same username. By executing the import script it automatic backups the application configuration data, ssh keys and other important data which is saved in well defined configuration files and folders.

Specific Folders

Next to this the following specific folders exist:

$HOME/Documents/certificates/

Contains certificates to authenticate via certificate based authentication.

$HOME/Documents/recovery_codes/

Contains files with recovery_codes e.g. for Two-factor authentication.

$HOME/Documents/identity/

Contains files to prove the identity of the Core System Owner in physical live like passports.

$HOME/Documents/passwords/

Contains e.g the KeePassXC database with all Core System Owner passwords.

Functions

System Setup

To setup the customized software on a system you have to execute:

bash ./scripts/system-setup.sh

Import Data

To import configuration files from the system you have to execute:

bash ./scripts/import-data-from-system.sh

Export Data

To export configuration files to the system you have to execute:

bash ./scripts/export-data-to-system.sh

Unlock Data

To decrypt the data you have to execute:

bash ./scripts/unlock.sh

Lock Data

To encrypt the data you have to execute:

bash ./scripts/lock.sh

Change Data Password

To change the encryption password you have to type in:

encfsctl passwd .encrypted

License

The "GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3" applies to this project.