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LUKS USB Setup and Usage
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LUKS USB

Usage

Open

sudo cryptsetup open /dev/sdbX LABEL
sudo mount /dev/mapper/LABEL /mnt

Close

sudo umount /mnt 
sudo cryptsetup close LABEL

New USB Setup

  1. open gparted
  2. partition usb with FAT32
  3. label your partition
  4. lsblk
  5. sudo cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sdbX
  6. sudo cryptsetup open /dev/sdbX LABEL
  7. sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/LABEL
  8. sudo mount /dev/mapper/LABEL /mnt
  9. sudo chmod -R 777 /mnt
  10. sudo umount /mnt
  11. sudo cryptsetup close LABEL
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