NAME

	cryptsetup – setup encrypted partition

SYNOPSIS

	disk/cryptsetup –f files ... disk/cryptsetup –o files ... disk/cryptsetup –i files ...

DESCRIPTION

Cryptsetup prepares an AES–encrypted partition to be used with the fs(3) device. The –f flag formats the partition files, generating a new encryption key. The user will be prompted for a password that will be used to protect the encryption key. The flags –i and –o activate a previously formatted encrypted partition. The –o flag outputs the fs(3) ctl activation commands to standard output, whereas –i directly writes them to the '/dev/fs/ctl' file. The user will be prompted for the password that was used to protect the encryption key. Once activated, the new partition appears under /dev/fs/name where name is the last path element of the files argument.

SOURCE

	/sys/src/cmd/disk/cryptsetup.c

SEE ALSO

	aes(2), fs(3)

HISTORY

	Cryptsetup first appeared in 9front (May, 2011).