NAME¶

luksdeinfo — determines information about a Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) volume

SYNOPSIS¶

DESCRIPTION¶

luksdeinfo is a utility to determine information about a Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) volume

luksdeinfo is part of the libluksde package. libluksde is a library to access the Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) Disk Encryption format

source is the source volume.

The options are as follows:

-h

shows this help

-k key

specify the key formatted in base16

-o offset

specify the volume offset in bytes

-p password

specify the password (or passphrase)

-u

unattended mode (disables user interaction)

-v

verbose output to stderr

-V

print version

ENVIRONMENT¶

None

FILES¶

None

EXAMPLES¶

# luksdeinfo -p Password /dev/sda1
luksdeinfo 20130704

Linux Unified Key Setup Disk Encryption information:
	Encryption method:		AES 128-bit

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¶

luksdemount(1)

AUTHORS¶

Joachim Metz <joachim.metz@gmail.com>

BUGS¶

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

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright (C) 2013-2026, 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.