NAME¶

bdemount — mounts a BitLocker Drive Encrypted (BDE) volume

SYNOPSIS¶

DESCRIPTION¶

bdemount is a utility to mount a BitLocker Drive Encrypted (BDE) volume

bdemount is part of the libbde package. libbde is a library to access the BitLocker Drive Encryption (BDE) format

source a BitLocker Drive Encrypted (BDE) volume mount_point the directory to serve as mount point

The options are as follows:

-h

shows this help

-k keys

specify the full volume encryption key and tweak key formatted in base16 and separated by a : character e.g. FVEK:TWEAK

-o offset

specify the volume offset in bytes

-p password

specify the password (or passphrase)

-r recovery_password

specify the recovery password (or passphrase)

-s startup_key_path

specify the path of the file containing the startup key. Typically this file has the extension .BEK

-u

unattended mode (disables user interaction)

-v

verbose output to stderr, while bdemount will remain running in the foreground

-V

print version

-X extended_options

extended options to pass to sub system

ENVIRONMENT¶

None

FILES¶

None

EXAMPLES¶

# bdemount -p Password image1.raw /mnt/bde
bdemount 20260903

DIAGNOSTICS¶

Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is enabled. Verbose and debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation.

SEE ALSO¶

bdeinfo(1)

AUTHORS¶

Joachim Metz <joachim.metz@gmail.com>

BUGS¶

Please report bugs of any kind on the project issue tracker: https://github.com/libyal/libbde/issues

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright (C) 2011-2026, Joachim Metz <joachim.metz@gmail.com>.

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.