[ENCRYPTED PORTABLE VAULT 101] Encrypted portable vault 101 #encrypted #portable #vault #file #linux #cryptsetup #luks

ENCRYPTED_PORTABLE_VAULT_101.md

ENCRYPTED PORTABLE VAULT 101

• Create empty file dd if=/dev/urandom of=vaultfile.img bs=1M count=512

• Create LUKS volume cryptsetup --verify-passphrase luksFormat vaultfile.img

• Open LUKS volume

sudo cryptsetup open --type luks vaultfile.img myvault
ls /dev/mapper

• Create filesystem sudo mkfs.ext4 -L myvault /dev/mapper/myvault

• Close if needed sudo cryptsetup close myvault

• Start using

sudo cryptsetup open --type luks vaultfile.img myvault
ls /dev/mapper
sudo mkdir /myvault
sudo mount /dev/mapper/myvault /myvault

• Stop using

sudo umount /myvault
sudo cryptsetup close myvault