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Using cryptsetup to encrypt a partition

dpeel
dpeel Posts: 1

I'm trying to use cryptsetup

sudo cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/loop0

to encrypt the loop device partition I created in Exercise 9.1, but after entering the passphrase I get the error message

IO error while decrypting keyslot

I can't find any info in other forms about what I'm doing wrong. Thanks.

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  • luisviveropena
    luisviveropena Posts: 1,144
    edited January 2017

    Hi,

    Can you try with a real partition instead the loop device? That error message indicates that the password is wrong, but you are just formatting the partition.

    Regards,

    Luis.

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