Questions tagged [encryption]
Questions about encryption such as home folder encryption, partition encryption and file encryption.
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Ubuntu installation stuck after first reboot on encryption password screen
I've just installed Ubuntu without any problem using normal installation.
My GPU is Nvidia and Ubuntu is installed on SSD. (I've another HDD)
Then I decided to try the encryption feature as shown ...
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HowTo repair GRUB in triple boot with two encrypted LVM?
I setup Win7/DebianTesting/Ubuntu 12.04 as triple boot, Debian and Ubuntu each on an encrypted volume (with separate root and swap partitions).
Installation order: Win7 --> Debian --> Ubuntu, Grub ...
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how to fix grub for dual boot after installing windows 8?
i ran in dualboot an encrypted ubuntu 16.04lts with a windows 8.1..after reinstalling windows i lost the grub menu..i tried fixing it by running bootrepair using recommended repair button but it didnt ...
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DD a BitLocker/TPM encrypted drive
Is it possible to create a bit identical image of a Windows 10 SSD using an Ubuntu live cd/usb?
If I boot into the laptop with the live/cd/usb, I can't see the drive using fdisk or gparted.
The ...
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ecryptfs: mount: No such file or directory
I installed ecryptfs-utils in my new Ubuntu 18.04 LTS with the following command:
$ sudo apt install ecryptfs-utils
Then I set up a Private directory as described in a wiki.archlinux documentation:
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Encrypting virtual machines
I am pretty new into virtualization with KVM/QEMU and I have a security question. Which is the best way to encrypt virtual machines? Back when I was using windows, I enforced bitlocker on every drive ...
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Double encryption
With Ubuntu 14.04 I used to encrypt a Private directory with ecryptfs. Now I am considering enhancing security by encrypting the whole disk, checking the checkbox “Encrypt the new Ubuntu installation ...
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Common protected (Encrypted) partition for both Windows and Ubuntu
I have installed Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04 on my hard drive (Dual Boot). I like to have a common encrypted partition which will be available for both Windows and Ubuntu.
When I was using Windows ...
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Windows disappeared after installing Ubuntu encrypted
My problem is I lost Windows after reinstalling Ubuntu 14.04, because I reinstalled Ubuntu using encryption. From the beginning:
1) When I bought this laptop Windows 8 was already installed.
2) I ...
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How to Mount and Unmount encrypted folder in Ubuntu 18.04?
I made an encrypted folder in my Home Directory following this method https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/how-to-encrypt-directories-with-ecryptfs-on-ubuntu-16-04/
But now I can't understand how to ...
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"No key available with this passphrase" with a newly-created DM-CRYPT / LUKS partition
Doing searches, it appears that others are having more complex problems because of cipher settings, but my problem is when doing something straightforward.
Using a mostly-fresh install of Lubuntu 18....
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Encryption bad password problem with Dell inspiron 7566
I have set up Ubuntu 18.04 and encrypted the disk, after an apt-get upgrade that also upgraded the kernel ,i have encountered a problem where i input the correct encryption password and the decryption ...
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move encrypted drive from one computer to another
I just bought a new computer that also has M.2 drive slots in it. I want to remove the disk from my old HP and move to the new thinkpad. It looks like it will work except that once I enter my ...
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How to encrypt usb pendrive/thumdrive/ that can be accessed from windows also?
How to encrypt usb pendrive/thumdrive/ that can be accessed from windows also ?
Actually I have both ubuntu(Home) and Windows (Office) , and have to take my data to and fro using usb pendrive . So I ...
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Can you help unlocking encrypted device LUKS (version 1) Running: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Having trouble accessing an encrypted volume. I'm certain of the password. The volume was initially created with Zorin, which I no longer have. I am currently trying to access this in a virtual ...
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What Packages Does KDE Vaults Need to Operate?
I'm planning on un-encrypting my home directory for easily moving it to an SSD (by following this tutorial: https://askubuntu.com/a/4960/645874), but I'm not sure if this will affect KDE Vaults.
Does ...
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What name to use in activation of encrypted root partition?
I am trying to run the Boot Repair tool on a Kubuntu 16.04 system with an encrypted (LUKS) root partition. This post tells me to "activate the encrypted drive using the correct name". That name should ...
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Issues recovering and encrypted home drive
I have an encrypted home folder from a 16.04 install that survived an upgrade to 18.04. Later, in 18.04, everything went wrong and now I'm having to recover my home folder from a live USB so I can ...
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LUKS error after unlocking waiting for cleartext object
I have a an external hardrive which is encrypted with LUKS. It was working fine for a while but now when I try to unlock it I get
$ udisksctl unlock -b /dev/sdb1
Passphrase:
Error unlocking /dev/...
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LVM & LUKS manual partitioned but issues with loader/init/grub
I've had some success with manually partitioning and installing LVM & LUKs.
The partitions are created - home, root, swap and boot, the pv and vg's were all created and set up correctly.
I ...
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Encrypted Ubuntu with multiple partitions
Background info first, questions at the end. I built my desktop computer to run Windows 7 for dual boot but I wanted encryption aswell and encrypted dual boot turns out to be way to complicated. So I’...
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Chromium widevine doesnt work on Ubuntu 17.04
I am on a fresh install of Ubuntu 17.04 and I can't get any encrypted content to play. Both Netflix and the test at http://www.widevine.com/demo/index.html don't work. Also chrome://components shows ...
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I/O error when reading data from /dev/mapper/veracrypt1
Issue I'm having is similar to can't read superblock on /dev/mapper/veracrypt1 with the exception that mapper device cannot be read at all. Underlying physical disk can be read.
I.e. Veracrypt can ...
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deja-dup restore not prompting for passphrase and subsequently failing
I'm trying to use Deja-Dup's "Restore Missing" command from within Nautilus to restore some Music files I had accidentally deleted a few months back. Trouble is, I keep getting gpg: bad passphrase ...
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Duplicity without encryption
I tried using duplicity without encryption using --no-encryption flag, and although the data is stored and not encrypted, I am not able to restore it using duplicity restore --file-to-restore option (...
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Cryptsetup language default bug during upgrade. How do I change it back?
I upgraded from 18.04 to 18.10 and the default language for cryptsetup was switched from English to French (which is usually my second language on this computer). I changed back the language and ...
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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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openssl passwd crypt algorithm and salting function
I have been playing around with the command:
$openssl passwd -crypt -salt
And I really need to see the actual code for which the crypt algorithm and the function for salting the user's input ...
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How to cryptsetup newly installed Ubuntu Server 18.10
I was wondering how to encrypt my harddrive on a newly installed Ubuntu Server 18.10. I tried this on Arch, which seemed to work fine, because I've done it during the installation fase. But with ...
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Upgrade from 18.04 to 18.10 with full encryption password not recognized anymore!
I have just upgraded from 18.04 to 18.10 with full encryption on my laptop (Asus UX305F) but my usual encryption password does not work anymore. I don't know what caused that, maybe the keyboard ...
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Is there a tool to encrypt a file or directory?
What's the most popular way to encrypt individual files or folders?
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Is my swap partition encrypted?
I just did a fresh install of 18.04 LTS and chose system encryption from the installation menu. The system is now up and running. Using sudo blkid it looks like the swap partition is not yet encrypted....
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Editor to open binary files?
I have a binary file called qkey - when I try to open it with gedit, I get an error telling me that the file is in an unknown format.
Is this due to possible encryption? (it is a game stats file ...
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Using cores on multiple servers for bruteforce-luks
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I have already created a passphrase list to use with bruteforce-luks. Unfortunately, that list was not enough to find the correct passphrase. I am assuming I missed out a word or 2.
I ...
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Change Location of ecryptfs Private Folder to USB Drive Folder
I'm running Kubuntu 18.04. I've installed ecryptfs and have a ~/Private folder that seems to work fine. I'd like to change the location of the ~/Private folder to "/dev/sdb1/Private" where sdb1 is a ...
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Trying to add PPA repo, stuck at GPG decryption
First off, it should be out there that there are no docs. you basically have to figure everything out yourself. And the little info there is is convoluted, cryptic. basically lazy.
I want to add ...
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Unravelling gnupg_keyinfo()'s output
I am trying to write server and client PHP-CLI scripts with gpg-encrypted data using PHP's gnupg_* extensions on Ubuntu-18.04 and PHP-7.2.
After sending the welcome message, the server sends its ...
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Encryption using ecryptfs
I'm running Kubuntu 18.04. I installed ecryptfs but Private folder is not encrypted. I ran...
sudo apt-get install ecryptfs-utils
Then I ran...
ecryptfs-setup-private
The terminal output looked like ...
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LUKS and Nuke key installtion on Ubuntu?
When you install Ubuntu there's an option to encrypt the installation. I didn't select that, can I still encrypt Ubuntu? I do not want to encrypt my home folder I would like to encrypt Ubuntu as if I ...
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Can not de-crypt files after upgrading to latest Ubuntu version
Encrypting files in an older version of Ubuntu with:
openssl des3 -e
Trying to decrypt files with:
openssl des3 -d
does not work in the newer Ubuntu version "18.04.1 LTS"
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Why can't I get the man page of the crypt function?
On my Fedora system, I can do man 3 crypt and I see the man page of the crypt function.
However, when I do the same on Ubuntu it gives me:
No manual entry for crypt in section 3
I know that it has ...
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Ubuntu freezes on Surface Pro 5
I installed Ubuntu 18.10 on my new surface pro 2017. To not change anythings on the internal storage, I put Linux on the Samsung micro SD card of 128GB class 10 U3, and to prevent any data leak, I ...
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How to adjust screen backlight at full disk decryption step
I have a MacBook Pro 11,1 on which I dual-boot Ubuntu 18.04 with full-disk encryption. When prompted to enter my password at the decryption step the screen backlight is turned almost all the way down, ...
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Portable Ubuntu with ability to create, mount and remove without traces encrypted virtual disks on any HDD
I will be on vacations and where I go, there will be a computer in my room. I don't know what type of computer, how old, what specs, nothing. But probably it will have Windows installed and probably I ...
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Not sure of /etc/crypttab entry on Ubuntu 18.04
I have been following the following guides:
http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~anqixu/blog/index.php/2018/06/20/install-18-04-on-encrypted-partitions-xps15-cuda/
How can I install Ubuntu encrypted with LUKS ...
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How do I change the default message digest in openssl 1.1.0
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I have a file that was encrypted with openssl 1.0.1g. When it was encrypted, the default_md was md5. How can I set openssl 1.1.0 to use default_md to md5 when executing commands in user mode?
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Prompted for LUKS password twice on boot despite separate, unencrypted boot partition?
Key Details
My GPT layout drive has the following partition layout:
/dev/sda---|
|sda1 - Windows Recovery Partition
|sda2 - EFI Partition (Shared, Windows and Linux)
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ecryptfs error recovering encrypted home folder
I'm dual booting windows and ubuntu. Apparently I encrypted my home folder when I installed ubuntu, though I don't remember choosing that. I tried to access files on the ubuntu partition while running ...
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How can I encrypt my hard drive? [duplicate]
I am running 16.04 and I want to encrypt my computer. How can I do that?
I haven't had much luck searching online.
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How to repair encryption failure?
I use an encrypted external USB Hard Drive for storage. My PC no longer asks for a passphrase to open the Drive after a reboot or unplugging/replugging the USB cable. The Hard Drive just opens like an ...
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