Questions tagged [dmcrypt]
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Going from full encrypted system to unencrypted /boot and encrypted / - how to be asked for the passphrase?
I had a fully encrypted system with /boot and / on the same device (/dev/sd8 is root). / contained a keyfile under /etc/luks/ so that I only needed to enter a passphrase when GRUB started, not ...
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ecryptfs-setup-swap made a swap that is in clear text to root
I am running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on a MacBook Air, SSD, using LVM without encryption.
The original swap was mapped to /dev/dm-1.
After running ecryptfs-setup-swap, the new swap was mapped to /dev/dm-2 ...
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What is causing my system to stall / freeze / corrupt data when using LVM + LUKS full-disk-encryption under Ubuntu Server?
Summary of Issue
After enabling the LUKS / dm-crypt full-disk-encryption option available through the Ubuntu installer, disk I/O performance is absolutely abysmal. Writing to the disk stalls / freezes ...
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Cant install php8-dev on Ubuntu
I have Ubuntu 20.04 system installed, and I want to install mcrypt php extension. after I installed xampp server, I tried to install mcrypt so I need to install php-dev package first but I am getting ...
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cryptmount and cryptsetup difference
dm-crypt have a two frontends are currently available: cryptsetup and cryptmount.
Who know about cryptmount and cryptsetup difference?
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Unexpected behavior with dd cloning a LUKS encrypted disk
I did something stupid, corrupted my main linux install, and am juggling disks to back everything up. In the process I've run into a dd and/or LUKS issue I don't know how to deal with. dd does not ...
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How to automatically start a service after manually decrypting /home partition
Problem:
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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LVM with dmcrypt using rEFInd not working after purging grub after a grub "update"
I accidentally updated grub and broke my system entirely. On an encrypted device (I am able to chroot and access everything though). After a while with no luck I decided to purge grub and install ...
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Why does Ubuntu's full disk encryption require no time?
As far as I understand, the "Encrypt the new Ubuntu installation for security" option in the Ubuntu installer is meant to provide full disk encryption.
However, when using that option, it seems like ...
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How does FDE (Full Disk Encryption) work so quickly?
I'm curious about how does Ubuntu's full disk encryption works under the hood. Here's an example:
Considering the following string as all the disk's content:
hello world
After applying some kind of ...
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Gnome Disks is crashing when creating encrypted partition
In Ubuntu 15.10, I have a second hard-drive and I'm trying to create an encrypted partition using the included GUI for partitioning disks. But upon doing that Gnome Disks is crashing.
This is a clean ...
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How to remove all block device files that no longer have corresponding physical devices attached?
I have a /dev/dm-# block device file and a link to it from /dev/mapper/somename even after detaching the physical device.
Is it safe to just use rm on both? Is there a way to rescan physical devices ...
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Encrypt second hard disk with same password
I installed Ubuntu 14 LTS with disk encryption (selected during installation). I have two questions:
1- What is encryption algorithm of current encrypted disk?
2- I have a second hard disk and I ...
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DM-Crypt does not accept passphrase
The partition table is:
sda1 - /boot
sda2 - dmcrypt with LVM, containing root, home and swap volumes
Cryptsetup does not accept passphrase, that have been used for a long time and can not have any ...
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14.10 - Swap not available
My swap doesn't seem to be working. I tried to fix it but nothing I tried worked.
Here is some relevant information to troubleshoot the problem:
During install I chose to encrypt my home folder. Seems ...
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Is it Possible to make "Forget password immediately" the default when opening LUKS encrypted partition?
When a LUKS encrypted partition pops up the unlock window it gives 3 options for how to remember the password. The "Remember password until you logout" is always ticked by default. Is there a way to ...
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How to change permissions on luks-dmcrypt encrypted device?
I encrypted a device using these directions
sudo dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdb1
sudo cryptsetup -y -v luksFormat /dev/sdb1
sudo cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdb1 $name #change "$name" to any name you ...
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Cryptsetup with optimized AES version
I am trying to set up an encrypted partition with dm-crypt and LUKS. I want to use the version of the AES cipher optimized with assembly instructions. I recompiled my kernel and added the required ...
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Mcrypt extension is missing in 14.04 server for mysql
The php mcrypt extension on ubuntu 14.04 shows that it is installed properly, but phpmyadmin says:
The mcrypt extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration.
My current php config is ...
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Is Disk Utility encryption the same as dm-crypt?
I have found the following 2 minute video which shows how to encrypt a usb drive using ubuntu's disk utility app:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_g-W6hrkNA
My question is, is that method using dm-...
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Decrypt TrueCrypt containers using dm-crypt
Is it possible to decrypt TrueCrypt containers using dm-crypt?
I have some container files created with TrueCrypt and I just wanted to know if it's possible to decrypt them using dm-crypt so I can ...
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/etc/crypttab ignored on boot
I wanted to setup encryption with dm-crypt and LUKS, but I set it up manually, not during installation process (I created LUKS partition and /etc/crypttab file properly). But the encrypted partition ...
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