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Removed rant; made some of the changes that could have been made originally to get to six characters legitimately.
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Is it possible to encrypt a btrfs subvolume only subvolume only (no need need to be "transparent "transparent encryption")?

No, BTRFS does not currently have built-in support for encryption. Today  Today, to encrypt a filesystem (not just a sub-volume) you'd need DM-Crypt/LUKS. See   See the https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/FAQ#Does_Btrfs_support_encryption.3FBtrfs Wiki FAQ

From a person doing a minor link fix: I don't mean to be toxic, but f stackexchange. What do you mean edits must be 6 characters? The answer is fine, so you get this rant instead.

Is it possible to encrypt a btrfs subvolume only (no need to be "transparent encryption")?

No, BTRFS does not currently have built-in support for encryption. Today, to encrypt a filesystem (not just a sub-volume) you'd need DM-Crypt/LUKS. See https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/FAQ#Does_Btrfs_support_encryption.3F

From a person doing a minor link fix: I don't mean to be toxic, but f stackexchange. What do you mean edits must be 6 characters? The answer is fine, so you get this rant instead.

Is it possible to encrypt a btrfs subvolume only (no need to be "transparent encryption")?

No, BTRFS does not currently have built-in support for encryption.  Today, to encrypt a filesystem (not just a sub-volume) you'd need DM-Crypt/LUKS.  See the Btrfs Wiki FAQ.

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Is it possible to encrypt a btrfs subvolume only (no need to be "transparent encryption")?

No, BTRFS does not currently have built-in support for encryption. Today, to encrypt a filesystem (not just a sub-volume) you'd need DM-Crypt/LUKS. See https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/FAQ#Does_btrfs_support_encryption.3Fhttps://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/FAQ#Does_Btrfs_support_encryption.3F

From a person doing a minor link fix: I don't mean to be toxic, but f stackexchange. What do you mean edits must be 6 characters? The answer is fine, so you get this rant instead.

Is it possible to encrypt a btrfs subvolume only (no need to be "transparent encryption")?

No, BTRFS does not currently have built-in support for encryption. Today, to encrypt a filesystem (not just a sub-volume) you'd need DM-Crypt/LUKS. See https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/FAQ#Does_btrfs_support_encryption.3F

Is it possible to encrypt a btrfs subvolume only (no need to be "transparent encryption")?

No, BTRFS does not currently have built-in support for encryption. Today, to encrypt a filesystem (not just a sub-volume) you'd need DM-Crypt/LUKS. See https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/FAQ#Does_Btrfs_support_encryption.3F

From a person doing a minor link fix: I don't mean to be toxic, but f stackexchange. What do you mean edits must be 6 characters? The answer is fine, so you get this rant instead.

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Is it possible to encrypt a btrfs subvolume only (no need to be "transparent encryption")?

No, BTRFS does not currently have built-in support for encryption. Today, to encrypt a filesystem (not just a sub-volume) you'd need DM-Crypt/LUKS. See https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/FAQ#Does_btrfs_support_encryption.3F