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mounting TrueCrypt volumes in GNU/Linux using cryptsetup

January 12th, 2014 by

cryptsetup as of 1.6, which shipped in openSUSE 13.1, is able to mount TrueCrypt volumes without the use of TrueCrypt code otherwise, which I previously noted is problematic due to it’s license, at least for inclusion in the openSUSE distribution.

Here, then, is how you mount it:

cryptsetup open --type tcrypt /var/run/media/username/volume_name encrypted_volume
mount /dev/mapper/encrypted_volume /mnt

For read only access, add --readonly and -o ro respectively. When done:

umount /mnt
cyrptsetup close encrypted_volume

See man 8 cryptsetup for all details and options.

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