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Unsure if I encrypted external HDD correctly with LUKS
I followed the instruction from this page.
I was unable to encrypt the the disk, but was able to encrypt its partition. I don't if it was the correct thing to do, but i did it anyway because it's not ...
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SUDO asks for "Encryption passphrase" on new setup with LUKS
SUDO keeps asking for Encryption passphrase on my latest setup. I'm not sure what encryption the passphrase is for, except that I suspect that it is related to LUKS encryption. Also I noted it doesn't ...
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Automatic unlock of LUKS external data drive when plugged in
I have set up LUKS for an external USB HDD with two protectors: a passphrase and a file key. I would like to automatically both unlock the drive and automount when the drive is plugged in.
I've set up ...
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LUKS with separate /home within encrypted volume
First time using full disk encryption with LUKS. Sorry for a lot of novice questions.
Before using full disk encryption, I used to have separate partitions /boot, /, home which allow to to reinstall ...
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LUKS using clevis TPM2.0
Hi I'm trying to encrypt a secondary data disk. I want this disk to be decrypted during boot of my machine. I currently have RAID setup, with an LVM volume on top which is already encrypted with LUKS.
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difference between passphrase and key file in LUKS
I'm trying to understand with no success the difference between a passphrase and a key file in LUKS. At first I thought they were the same thing, with the difference of a key file being a passphrase ...
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Luks "No key available with this passphrase" but seemingly at random
I've been having the strangest of experiences with my encrypted Luks volume and was hoping maybe someone could help me shed some light on it. Let me walk you through it.
When installing my OS (vanilla ...
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Fix For Blanked Out UUID On Luks Encrypted Drive?
Problem:
When I mount a Luks Encrypted drive, the drive mounts, but I can't access the files.
The drive is the root drive. It has ElementaryOS installed on it.
It booted fine, until after doing some ...
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Mount/Use LUKS .img file with Header and Key file
This is for a cybersecurity school challenge.
I need to get into a .img file that was encrypted using LUKS. They have provided a header file and a key file to open it as well.
I am brand new to Linux ...
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Protect USB key against formatting? Avoid unfortunate formatting of LUKS encrypted pen-drive
I notice that when I insert my LUKS-encrypted pen-drive into Windows (which is not meant to work), I get a message inviting me to format the pen-drive, and the option to format the disk is preselected:...
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Boot Linux off a BitLocker protected drive
I have a bootable USB drive with Clonezilla installed, which I use to take images of drives from various computers. Is there a way to install BitLocker on it, so that during boot I get prompted for a ...
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Linux LUKS encrypted root: fstrim always trims all empty space
I have a Manjaro system with a LUKS encrypted root filesystem on an NVME SSD. It is set up to decrypt / on boot via the kernel.
$ cat /proc/cmdline
initrd=\amd-ucode.img initrd=\initramfs-5.11-x86_64....
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Increase Time to Brute Force Luks Full Disk Encryption
I want to increase the time it would take to brute force my full disc encryption. I’m on Ubuntu and encrypted with Luks on installation. I have read that I would use the following command to make it ...
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How to default nemo to forget LUKS password?
I just finished encrypting all my drives with LUKS. Right now I boot Mint 20.1 off an ssd and have a 6TB hdd. Both drives are now encrypted with LUKS. In the nemo file browser when I click on my ...
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My luks encrypted image unlocks but fails to mount
I have a LUKS image which I decrypt, mount and save important documents to. Until recently, this was running fine, on an Ubuntu 19 machine. I shut this machine down, while the image was mounted, ...
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