Questions tagged [encryption]
Questions about encryption such as home folder encryption, partition encryption and file encryption.
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How to hibernate in a full-encrypted disk using LVM?
I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 and set up my system using LVM with full disk encryption. Then I installed uswsusp and the loading failed. I searched the web and found that this is because my swap partition ...
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Full disk encryption - separate home partition
How do I create a separate /home partition in the Ubuntu 12.10 graphical installer after selecting the full disk encryption option? I would like to ensure that the contents of the entire disk ...
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Open encrypted .dmg file?
I have an old encrypted .dmg file I would like to open. Tried what I could but now I am out of options.
Option 1: dmg2img
Getting error message: dmg image is corrupted
Then I tried to use vfdecrypt, ...
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LUKS terrible write performance on SSD
Since I encrypted the partitions of / and /home with LUKS on my notebook, the overall write speed on my ssd is low.
Hardware & Software
Intel i3 4010U 2/4 x 1,70 GHz (with AES-NI)
Ubuntu 18.04.1
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Getting "No key available with this passphrase." when trying to add a new LVM encryption password
I am getting "No key available with this passphrase" when I try to reset the password for the LVM encryption on my Ubuntu box.
I have tried the following commands:
sudo cryptsetup luksAddKey /dev/...
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Can I turn Windows Bitlocker back on after installing Ubuntu?
I'm installing Ubuntu 20.04 on my new laptop, it came with pre-installed Windows 10 and I'm required to disable Bitlocker to install Ubuntu, the question is, can I enable it after the installation?
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How to automatically start a service after manually decrypting /home partition
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I have a service,seafile.service, that automatically starts a Seafile server after boot. However, this service is failing to start on my Ubuntu server that has an encrypted /home partition. ...
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16.04 Nvidia proprietary driver problems
On 16.04 xubuntu fresh install, I have an Nvidia Gtx 980 and an apple 30" 2560x1600 display, after installing proprietary nvidia drivers, I get two problems, the first, I can't log in during the ...
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Back up failed error in Ubuntu 18.04
I just upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to Ubuntu 18.04 following instructions as it appeared on the screen.
I am facing a back-up failure with the following error.
Error processing remote manifest (...
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Ubuntu 22.04 and Windows 10 Pro - Can I encrypt both OS's at the same time with Bitlocker + LUKS
I have alaptop with Ubuntu 22.04 and Win 10 Pro installed. Currently both are unencrypted as I had to remove Bitlocker to install Ubuntu alongside Win 10 Boot Manager. Is there a way I can use ...
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increase boot partition size with encrypted disk
my disk is encrypted, but boot partition is by default 512MB
how to increase boot partition?
also how to increase boot partition during fresh new install?
ubuntu 20.04
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Cannot run docker on an encrypted filesystem
I encrypted my home directory using the instructions specified here (specifically the fscrypt guide with the exception that I set a different unlock phrase to my password deliberately). However, I ...
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Udevadm settle not working
I just upgraded to 18.04 on my NAS. I have a script that prompts my user for a luks password and then mounts the drive after it's decrypted. This used to work:
cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/md0 md0_crypt
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Encrypted swap killed my Ubuntu install and a virtualbox debian one at once!
My whole HDD and home dir are encrypted (so it seems to encrypt the swap partition too by default)
I accidentaly shutdown the PC by with the power button. The result was that Ubuntu was starting only ...
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Recover Ubuntu 14.04 Encrypted Install
I have an encrypted install (Full drive, not only home directory) of Ubuntu 14.04 on a 1TB SSD. I do know the passkey to unencrypt everything. It's just a matter of finding the files now. Here's what ...
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