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).