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Old 08-30-2014, 04:15 AM   #1
linuxluks
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problem regards luks format


hi everyone .... i am new to linux therefore dont mind the type of questions i ask.. i have made a luks encrypted partition and it works fine but when i want to close the partition with the command

cryptsetup luksClose /dev/mapper/secret

it gives me error : "Device /dev/mapper/secret is busy"

any suggestions????
 
Old 08-30-2014, 06:56 AM   #2
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You can't close if any process has it open. That includes being your current path in the shell. Use cd to change to /.
 
Old 08-31-2014, 11:17 AM   #3
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did you unmount it first?
 
  


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