Questions tagged [encryption]
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How to boot from existing LUKS partition? (dual boot)
I installed elementary os on my laptop that already has some OS's installed. The way I achieve this is;
I have an efi partition /dev/sda1
I have a LUKS container in /dev/sda2
The LUKS container has a ...
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(Is it possible to find out) what caused or might have caused my encrypted home folder to get unmounted?
Two days ago while I was working with OpenShot video editor that was constantly crashing, my home folder got unmounted. When I tried to access my data there were only two files in my home folder: ...
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Elementary OS 7 Horus - LUKS Volumes support (disk encryption)
I am struggling with setting up LUKS Volumes with encryption for Elementary OS 7 Horus.
I am using this tutorial: https://www.mikekasberg.com/blog/2020/04/08/dual-boot-ubuntu-and-windows-with-...
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p7zip cannot be executed
The icon of p7zip does not appear in the applications,
but if I type p7 in the search window,
it says : execute "p7zip".
I press it, and nothing happens.
I had installed it with
sudo apt ...
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I can access to elementaryOs files from outside and/or how to crypt the home folder
I need to hide my files, but from another Linux partition or linuxLive I can access to the files in the home folder. I don't want this.
I also tried to set reading right off with chmode but anyone can ...
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Encryption of multiple disk partitions
Recently I have tested many many Linux distros, and I must say to me Elementary seems to be the best in all aspects. I would love to use it, but there is an issue that bothers me:
I would love to be ...
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Disk size reported incorrectly after install with HDD encryption and replace empty disk space
During the Elementary OS installation process I checked the "Replace empty disk space" option in the disk encryption settings.
After installation the disk size shows 109 GB free.
Should the disk ...
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UEFI dual boot won't dual boot
I have a work laptop that had an encrypted partition with Windows 7 and I wanted to dual boot it with Loki. I installed Loki, but during the installation process it told me that I couldn't install it ...
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I have some features in mind about the perfect Linux OS: does elementary OS will answer to them?
I would like to know if the latest version of Elementary OS allows to:
change the Mac address of the computer on each reboot
change the Mac address every x minutes
hide any folders (and subfolders) ...
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AMD Laptop: Boot sometimes fails
I seem to have fixed this issue and posting my answer below.
TLDR: this seems to be common problem with AMD machines.
I am stuck with a boot problem I struggle to narrow down:
I installed elementary ...
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