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fourreux

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Registered: 2008-03-12

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[solved] cryptsetup luksopen <device> BUT no <name>

How does that work??

When I access the encrypted device with:

cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdc1

I get a message:

cryptsetup: luksOpen: requires <device> <name>  as arguments

But how does nautilus, for instance, do this??? I mean I plug it in (usb harddrive) and there's the Passphrase Input box immediately popping up. I don't tell nautilus what mapper device there is.

Can't I do that from command line?

Last edited by fourreux (2010-11-26 10:40:02)

Andrwe

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Registered: 2009-06-17

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Re: [solved] cryptsetup luksopen <device> BUT no <name>

As the error says you have to call luksOpen with 2 arguments.
First: device
Second: name

cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda just_an_example_name

Then you'll find the decrypted device in /dev/mapper/just_an_example_name and can mount it.

Last edited by Andrwe (2010-11-25 19:15:17)

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fourreux

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Registered: 2008-03-12

Posts: 56

Re: [solved] cryptsetup luksopen <device> BUT no <name>

Thanx a lot!

Personal note:

On a "Permission denied" => try "sudo"!!

silly me.