Mount Cryptsetup Disk

In this section, the guide shows you how to mount/unlock an encrypted disk.

Unlock Encrypted Disk

To unlock disk, you simply use luksOpen argument followed by the encrypted disk and the LUKS mounting name. The syntax is as follows:

$ cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/<device name> <mounting name>

Example:

$ cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda sda_crypt

Once mounted, you should see a new device inside the mapper section with the mounting name, such that:

/dev/mapper/<mounting name>

If we follows the example above, it is:

/dev/mapper/sda_crypt

That's all for cryptsetup disk mounting.

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