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Questions about encryption such as home folder encryption, partition encryption and file encryption.

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How to Setup Software RAID 1 with FDE & Different Size HDDs

My boot drive is using 22.04. Here's what I want to accomplish: I have two HDDs, one with 6TB and the other with 8TB capacity. They'll be storage drives, not boot drives. I want to create a software ...
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Why do I need my admin password AND the encryption password when mounting a Veracrypt encrypted partition but not when mounting a LUKS encrypted USB?

This doesn't matter much but I'd like to understand why: I have an encrypted partition on my internal SSDs (laptop and dekstop), encrypted with Veracrypt (the GUI version). I also use a LUKS encrypted ...
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Encrypt all vim buffers with same password

Setting aside weaknesses in vim's encryption algorithm and the security implications of using the same password for multiple files, is there any way to encrypt all Vim buffers with the same password ...
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Why does system asks for encryption passphrase the INACTIVE user when mounting encrypted external drive?

When I am the only user logged to my laptop (XFCE session), mounting encrypted portable HDD works as expected: I connect HDD to USB port. A window asking for encryption passphrase pops up. I enter ...
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Failing to import new PKCS12 certificate into Evolution Mail

my PKCS12 certificate from my workplace institution expires in a few days. I already got a new one. Yet, I'm failing to import it into Evolution mail. When selecting Edit > Preferences > ...
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Booting encrypted partition after changing encryption password

Recently I recieved a HP laptop with encrypted ubuntu 22.04.1 after changing password every time I boot after few seconds of loading screen with writing ,,Protected by HP sure start" and ubuntu ...
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Multiple Ubuntu installations in the same disk but different partitions

I need to install 3 different Ubuntus in different partititions and each installation shouldn't be able to read data from the others. I thought this was simple installing multiple versions of Ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu autoinstall with Encryption not working

I'm trying to install Ubuntu server 22.04 with auto-install mostly following this article. I can successfully get the cloud-init and use my user-data for the installation but I can't seem to get the ...
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How to reinstall Ubuntu on encrypted SSD?

Ubuntu crashed and I am no longer able to boot. I'd like to keep or recover files on the encrypted SSD.
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Predecryption + File name encryption

I am using ubuntu server on an old 2011 imac. I want to encrypt a directory i use frequently with a method that hides the file names (like cryfs), but the encryption is only important for when the ...
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Does disk encryption or key ring store anything in hardware?

I am running Ubuntu 20.04 (soon 22.04), and am wondering if Ubuntu by default stores any key material in a hardware store like TPM. Specifically I am using standard LUKS disk encryption during setup, ...
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Applying Encryption and Hshing Algorithms for Secure Communication

I'm trying to copy a file from the student's account for its gpg but when I try to type in the path all I get is this result I have tried everything, and this lab is due tomorrow. cp / home/Instructor/...
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LVM encryption with manual partitioning for Ubuntu 23.04

Is there a way to LVM encrypt a volume when choosing manual partitioning in Ubuntu 23.04? I only see an encrypted volume if I let Ubuntu decide my partition tables for me: If I select manual ...
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Can I avoid unlocking partition before login user?

Inspired by: You could also mount it (encrypted partition) under /home, but then you will have all user's home directories in one encrypted drive - that means all of them need to know the partition's ...
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Create encrypted home after Ubuntu LTS 22.04 installation

I would like to create an encrypted home directory for my users on already installed ubuntu. What is the best way to do this ? Kind regards, Sylvain
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Ubuntu with disk encryption doesn't show me encryption password dialog at startup due to i915

I am a "lucky" NVIDIA user with secure boot and TPM enabled. When I used Ubuntu without secure boot, TPM, and disk encryption (previous install), sometimes it worked well, sometimes it didn'...
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Seamless encryption of a partition

I'm sorry that I don't have the time to research and try solutions myself which I would normally do. My PC is going to be used by other people and I have only some private files that I want to protect....
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Password protect a folder in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

I would like to have the option to right click on a folder, and be able to protect its access with a password. How do I do that? I know it is possible to do it in other distributions, but I want to ...
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How to Use Encrypted password in autoinstall.yml - late command

Hi There is a requirement, I have kept a password protected archive file in the filesystem of an ISO by using Squashfs tool. I want to untar it at time of ISO installation. Is there a way to provide ...
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LUKS encrypted USB: "Operation cancelled" error on correct passphrase

I'm asking as a new question because I don't have enough rep to comment on answers, and the drive in question here is removable. I've set up an encrypted USB drive using cryptsetup luksFormat, but I'm ...
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Ubuntu could not resolve symbol, give a AE_NOT_FOUND message and boot procedure gets stuck

I am on Ubuntu 22 and did a SW update on July 13th, 2023. The previous update was done on Aug 5th, 2023. After this latest update, I get the following messages: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not ...
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Disk Encryption: Takes 30 seconds to 2 minutes to prompt for the password

I recently purchased a computer and installed Ubuntu 22.04 onto it. After installing, I am having an issue where it takes a long time for the prompt to ask for a password comes up. After I enter the ...
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Ubuntu Encrypted instalation in external Hard Drive booting in recovery shell "GNU Grub"

What I did: 1 - Copied Ubuntu Studio 22.04.2 LTS to a Ventoy Pendrive 2 - Chosed Try or install Ubuntu 3 - Clicked in the icon for install in the desktop 4 - During installation, Set the ...
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How to get around 'device in use' error when preseeding Ubuntu 22.04 install with encrypted LVM

I am trying to make a custom install ISO for Ubuntu with Cubic and Ubiquity's preseed option. I have been tearing my hair out trying to get it to automatically partition the entire disk as an ...
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Can't type encryption password in GRUB

I have Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS installed with LVM encryption option. I know the password to unlock but I can't type it while booting the OS after Ubuntu and/or GRUB update. All keyboard keys have strange ...
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Simple way to encrypt MySQL data in Ubuntu

We have a MySQL database where some tables contain sensitive information (e.g. user emails and ID numbers). We would like to encrypt these tables. We read the relevant part in the MySQL documentation, ...
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Add Second Existing LUKS Encrypted Ubuntu Install To Grub (OS on Separate Physical Drive)

Summary I need to have two GRUB options to choose which LUKS encrypted Ubuntu is started, the install on my first drive, or the install on my second drive. Details I have two existing, all ready, ...
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The HDD is encrypted and I did not do this

In the beginning, my laptop has 2 hard disks, the first of the NVME SSD class and the other for HDD storage My problem, very briefly, is that I was using Windows and then I used the Hackintosh on the ...
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Gave up waiting for root file system device upon reboot

This question has been asked several times already, but there does not appear to be a generic solution. I have tried multiple solutions but can't seem to get anything to work. I have an Ubuntu Server ...
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I'm no longer able to unlock bitlocker locked drive on my Ubuntu 22.04

I have a dual booted machine, Windows 11 + Ubuntu 22.04. I have a 3rd partition which is encrypted using Bitlocker from windows. Earlier I was able to unlock my Bitlocker encrypted drive on Ubuntu ...
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CRYFS - I get issues, do people still use?

I have been using cryfs and it seems to work, ok-ish. I frequently get this message after trying to unlock an encrypted folder. "Deriving encryption key (this can take some time)...Killed" ...
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SSL routines:SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list:no cipher match

I have Ubuntu=20.04 server running (Openssl=1.1.1t & nginx=1.21.6). I allowed ssl ciphers as cat nginx.conf | grep -i ssl_ciphers ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-...
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LUKS FDE password policy not enforced?

I am noticing that on a vanilla Ubuntu 22.04 LTS installation, there is no password policy whatsoever enforced when changing the LUKS FDE password using cryptsetup luksChangeKey or luksAddKey. In the ...
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Chroot into an encrypted ZFS installation from live media or alternatives

For some reason, usb-guard decided to remove all of the rules I have written that allowed my keyboard and mouse. I've had this happen before from myself messing up the configuration, but this setup ...
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How do I change /home mount point to 2nd encrypted drive where previous /home directy is after new Ununtu install on first SSD

I had to do a complete new install on my first drive, which is an SSD. My previous installation had my /home directory on the 2nd drive, an HDD. Both drives were encrypted. How would I change my /home ...
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Ecryptfs automount on startup

i just updated Ubuntu to 22.10 - and after each reboot I have to mount my home files (encrypted with ecryptfs) manually via terminal. Is there any solution to automate this? Before updating it was ...
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Mounting encrypted rpool using Ubuntu Live CD, successful but broken links, out of ideas

VM took a crash during operation and now won't boot. Would like to rip the data out of the encrypted home directory and then start from scratch. I boot the VM with Ubuntu Live CD, below are the steps ...
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Create USB device protected by password, but readable/writable on multiple OS?

I've some problems to format a USB device as I want. I need to obtain a USB device FAT 32 (readable and writable on Linux, MacOs and Windows) but protected with a password (encrypted). I'm trying to ...
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security check fails. Is this OK?

Device Security Report ====================== Report details Date generated: 2023-06-03 10:15:33 fwupd version: 1.8.12 System ...
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Making initramfs using the correct host name when applying for a dhcp address?

I'm having some ubuntu servers with an encrypted root partition, and usually they do ask for the password at boot time on the console. In order to start them remotely, I'm using dropbear in the ...
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Encrypted Xubuntu boots right into initramfs after install, not asking for password

I made a fresh Xubuntu 22.04.2 LTS installation on my machine using a LUKS encrypted root partition. I created following partitions: efi: 512MB EFI partition (unencrypted) boot: 1024MB ext4 partition ...
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Unable to recover boot partition after encrypting root system

I encrypted my existing NVMe root partition of Xubuntu 22.04.2 LTS using this guide. Now, when trying to boot, I keep being thrown into the GRUB screen. I have tried a lot to repair the bootloader ...
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Disconnected Hard Drive Still Listed and Will Not Mount

I have a 3 Terabyte hard drive I took out of an old NAS. I ended up using it as a distro testing drive, as it was old and I didn't want to risk losing data to drive failure. I installed Pop!_OS with ...
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Plymouth not asking for LUKS password without ESC in Ubuntu 22.04

On Ubuntu 22.04 and BGRT plymouth theme, the plymouth turns black. The ESC key shows me that I need to enter the LUKS password of my home partition. Entering ESC key again shows my plymouth with a ...
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Partition disk when installing ubuntu using LVM

I am trying to partition my disk when installing my ubuntu image: What am trying to achieve is: Set up 3 main partitions / , /var and /home encrypt all 3 paritions using LVM encryption module ...
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LUKS decrypted partition mapped name

I've successfully configured LUKS encryption on various partitions (root, home, extra) on ubuntu 22.04. I've to insert a password for decrypting the root part and after other partitions are decrypted ...
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Protect my webapp

Good day folks, I'm developing a webapp that will be distributed on a minipc that will be installed at my clients' workplace. I would like to protect my source code from being accessed in case my ...
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I'd like to run Ubuntu with btrfs subvolumes and the drive must be encrypted

I'd like to run Ubuntu on a encrypted drive. I'd also like to use btrfs subvolumes so I can use the super cool snapshot feature. The installer supports one or the other. I've tried doing an arch style ...
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Ubuntu encryption during installation

For the first time while installing Ubuntu 23.04 I clicked the button for encryption. For bad luck the installation got stuck, so now I have an encrypted Lenovo laptop and I can't decrypt mmcblk0 even ...
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Encrypted file/directory to be mounted as drive?

I need something--portable--to be mounted as drive to show its encrypted content. I've been loaned an Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop system for some weeks as I'm not home and I'd like to save file in a manner ...
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