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Old 06-13-2007, 08:35 AM   #1
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cryptsetup-luks question


Hello,

I installed cryptsetup-luks the other day because I switched distros and I need to get files off of an encrypted file of mine. When I run 'cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/loop encr-enc' it gives me a 'no backend available' error. What does this mean?

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Old 06-13-2007, 12:08 PM   #2
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Try loading the module (as root) before:

modprobe dm-crypt

depending on your distro you can auto load it during boot process.
 
Old 06-13-2007, 02:50 PM   #3
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darn I got really excited when I saw that thinking that had to be the answer but I got:

# cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/loop0 encr-enc
Command failed: No setup backend available

Any other ideas?

Thanks,
nomb
 
Old 06-14-2007, 12:20 AM   #4
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Earlier thread

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=491282

reports same problem and a fix.
 
Old 06-14-2007, 10:22 AM   #5
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Thanks, I actually found the same solution on a mandriva forum. Now if I could just get the rpm to build w/o giving me stupid dependency errors even though the packages are there...
 
  


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