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bdemount LOCAL bdemount

NAME

bdemountmounts a BitLocker Drive Encryption (BDE) encrypted volume

SYNOPSIS

bdemount [-k keys] [-o offset] [-p password] [-r password] [-s filename] [-X extended_options] [-huvV] source

DESCRIPTION

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

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

source is the source file.

The options are as follows:

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keys
the full volume encryption key and tweak key formatted in base16 and separated by a : character e.g. FKEV:TWEAK
offset
specify the volume offset in bytes
password
specify the password
password
specify the recovery password
filename
specify the file containing the startup key. typically this file has the extension .BEK
unattended mode (disables user interaction)
verbose output to stderr
print version
extended_options
extended options to pass to sub system

ENVIRONMENT

None

FILES

None

EXAMPLES

# bdemount -p Password /dev/sda1
bdemount 20110821

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.

BUGS

Please report bugs of any kind to <joachim.metz@gmail.com> or on the project website: https://github.com/libyal/libbde/

AUTHOR

These man pages were written by Joachim Metz.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2011-2024, 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.

SEE ALSO

bdeinfo(1)

January 21, 2022 libbde