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Bootable 16.04 LTS with Luks encryption on a single hdd
I currently have 16.04 LTS running off a usb on an external hdd. using bios boot menu I boot from usb and use ubuntu from the hdd. I can take this between machines and boot into it. But now I need ...
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Attempting to Decrypt an AES-256-CBC Encrypted File but Decryption Password isn't known
I am trying to decrypt a password protected file that was encrypted using AES-256-CBC, but the password to decrypt the file has been forgotten.
In this simulation, I do know the password is a ...
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Upgrading a 16.04 server to 18.04 with a secondary fully encrypted drive
As per the upgrade notes:
N.B., If you require multipath, full-disk encryption, or the ability to re-using existing partitions, you will want to continue to use the alternate installer which can be ...
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Ubuntu 16.04: I cleared PATH in .profile - now I can neither login, nor fix .profile from recovery. Is there a way I to not load .profile at startup?
So I've already looked at the guide that asked me to just change ~/.profile from recovery, but unfortunately I cannot do that since my home directory is encrypted and when I try to decrypt it from ...
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Encrypted drive cloning - resizing partitions problem
I'm trying to clone my SSD to a larger device so I will have a bootable backup in anticipation of doing a system upgrade on several desktop clients. I also want to model a known-correct procedure to ...
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Encrypting Linux server for remote access VM
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I have an Ubuntu server machine wrapped in a VM (vmdk file) that contains web application.
I want to send this VM to someone and prevent him from accessing to the internal file system of the ...
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Does re-installing Ubuntu wipe out the previous LUKS encryption?
While installing Ubuntu 16.04, I had chosen to encrypt the installation. I want to remove it now.I have backed up all data and I donot care about any data loss whatsoever. Will re-installing Ubuntu (...
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Will I be able to access my encrypted home folder if I reset my lost password on Ubuntu 16.04.4?
I installed Ubuntu with the encrypt home folder option but I have forgotten my root password. If I reset my password, will I be able to I gain access to my encrypted home folder?
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Ubuntu 16.04 cryptswap
I have a new installation of Ubuntu 16.04 and when installing I chose to encrypt my home directory.
However when Ubuntu loads up I get the following: -
Enter passphrase for disk cryptswap1 on none!
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Bitlocker Windows 10 after ubuntu installation
I installed Windows 10 on my main SSD then installed Ubuntu 16.04 after. I ran the Ubuntu setup and checked the option to install ubuntu with Windows 10.
Now I want to use BitLocker on Windows 10. If ...
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How to make Ubuntu decrypt the specific directory?
From the nautilus context menu, I have right clicked on /home/myaccount/www/somefolder, then I have clicked on Encrypt Folder. Now I would like to decrypt the folder. How can I do this? "Decrypt" ...
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LUKS crashes utility, command line doesn't provide encryption, alternative GUI applications are too slow
TLDR: I'm trying to encrypt my hard drive, half of universe failed.
What is a straight-forward command towards encrypting target device (e.g. /dev/sdb1) with a "target" password (e.g. "password123")....
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autounlock luks encrypted drives upon startup with keyfile
i have a raidz2 zpool across 6 disks. i am using ubuntu server 16.04 LTS and i want to encrypt those disks with luks and have the system decrypt them on startup, so that zfs can use them.
how exactly ...
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Decrypt LUKS partition without losing data
I have a LUKS encrypted hard drive consisting of one single partition for the whole hard drive and it's encrypted with LUKS, I was wondering if I wanted to decrypt the disk completely(remove the ...
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"Hidden, superfluous data" because of improper mounting of home directory
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My 500GB harddrive on my DELL XPS13 kept running out of space very quickly - and the problem kept occurring every few months, despite my best efforts to clean up my system (see below). ...
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