Unable to mount External Encrypted Hard Drive(256-bit AES)

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Hello guys.

I recently installed the Ubuntu 18.04 lts, and I'm trying to mount an external Hard Drive of 500 Gb encrypted with 256-bit AES. After a lot of research and tries(...,cryptsetup), I wasn't able to do it. I know Ubuntu can detect the external Hard Drive...
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Hello @wizardfromoz , yes I have. I'm only having this problem in Ubuntu, because I can have acess in my Windows. I guess I could format the hard drive, but that is not the solution I'm looking for.
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I understand.

I am not an expert in encryption, nor have I used LVM.

But take a look at this old article

https://askubuntu.com/questions/63594/mount-encrypted-volumes-from-command-line

... and see if it has relevance to you. I am aware you mentioned that you had tried cryptsetup, but not aware of the actual details.

Google search I used was

linux unencrypt and mount hard drive

Good luck

Wizard

BTW the part I was looking at got 78 votes, answered by
Georg Schölly
 
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Hello again @wizardfromoz , and thanks for the support.
I have already tried that specific suggestion, but for some reason, it was not possible to mount my device.

Code:
[email protected]:~$ lsblk
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop0    7:0    0   3,7M  1 loop /snap/gnome-system-monitor/57
loop1    7:1    0  89,5M  1 loop /snap/core/6130
loop2    7:2    0   174M  1 loop /snap/spotify/34
loop3    7:3    0    91M  1 loop /snap/core/6405
loop4    7:4    0  34,7M  1 loop /snap/gtk-common-themes/319
loop5    7:5    0   2,3M  1 loop /snap/gnome-calculator/260
loop6    7:6    0  11,9M  1 loop /snap/dmd/49
loop7    7:7    0   3,7M  1 loop /snap/gnome-system-monitor/51
loop8    7:8    0 140,7M  1 loop /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/74
loop9    7:9    0  91,1M  1 loop /snap/core/6259
loop10   7:10   0 174,4M  1 loop /snap/spotify/31
loop11   7:11   0 140,7M  1 loop /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/78
loop12   7:12   0  14,5M  1 loop /snap/gnome-logs/45
loop13   7:13   0   2,3M  1 loop /snap/gnome-calculator/180
loop14   7:14   0  34,8M  1 loop /snap/gtk-common-themes/1122
loop15   7:15   0  34,6M  1 loop /snap/gtk-common-themes/818
loop16   7:16   0 174,4M  1 loop /snap/spotify/30
loop17   7:17   0  14,5M  1 loop /snap/gnome-logs/37
loop18   7:18   0  53,7M  1 loop /snap/core18/719
loop19   7:19   0 140,9M  1 loop /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/70
loop20   7:20   0   6,7M  1 loop /snap/dub/27
loop21   7:21   0    13M  1 loop /snap/gnome-characters/139
loop22   7:22   0    13M  1 loop /snap/gnome-characters/103
loop23   7:23   0  11,6M  1 loop /snap/dmd/40
loop24   7:24   0   7,5M  1 loop /snap/canonical-livepatch/54
loop25   7:25   0   7,5M  1 loop /snap/canonical-livepatch/58
sda      8:0    0 119,2G  0 disk
├─sda1   8:1    0   499M  0 part
├─sda2   8:2    0    99M  0 part /boot/efi
├─sda3   8:3    0    16M  0 part
├─sda4   8:4    0    72G  0 part
└─sda5   8:5    0  46,6G  0 part /
sdb      8:16   0 931,5G  0 disk
├─sdb1   8:17   0 349,6G  0 part /home
└─sdb2   8:18   0 581,9G  0 part
sdc      8:32   0 465,7G  0 disk
└─sdc1   8:33   0 465,7G  0 part
sr0     11:0    1  1024M  0 rom
[email protected]:~$ sudo cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdc1 my_encrypted_volume
[email protected]:~$ sudo mkdir /media/my_device
[email protected]:~$ sudo mount /dev/mapper/my_encrypted_volume /media/my_device
mount: /media/my_device: o dispositivo especial /dev/mapper/my_encrypted_volume não existe.
[email protected]:~$
 
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I'm only having this problem in Ubuntu, because I can have acess in my Windows. I guess I could format the hard drive, but that is not the solution I'm looking for.

I know practically nothing about encryption, but a little searching around, along with what you said above, gives me this impression:

1. AES-256 is an "algorithm" used by many software applications to provide very secure encryption.
2. Using the same algorithm does not automatically provide compatibility between software applications.
3. The software you are using successfully with Windows is likely not available in Linux. (Bitlocker?)
4. Cryptsetup is a Linux-only software solution... again, not compatible with your Windows methods.

This article covers various methods of encrypting a USB flash drive, but I'd guess that the software and methods would be the same for your external hard drive. Of the software they mention, it looks like VeraCrypt might be your best solution to use between Windows and Linux.

Personally, I'd discourage encryption on an entire drive anyway unless you have a great need. I've always felt that encryption is more trouble than its worth, with probably the sole exception of my password manager database.

Good luck!
 
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Gomes, can you please give us the output from

Code:
sudo blkid /dev/sdc1
?

Thanks

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Gomes, after this Post I am moving this Thread to General Linux, where hopefully it will get a wider audience (and so, more help) for you.

Thanks for that output above.

A typical output for such a command, that had been encrypted as an LVM volume, would be, for example

Code:
/dev/sdc1: UUID="xxxxxxxxxxxx" TYPE="crypto_LUKS"

... so the absence of that indicates, to my meagre knowledge, that we are heading up the wrong street?

For the moment, I am out of ideas, regrettably, but I will look around, and if I have anything further, I will report back here :)

Wizard
 

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Gomes, after this Post I am moving this Thread to General Linux, where hopefully it will get a wider audience (and so, more help) for you.

Thanks for that output above.

A typical output for such a command, that had been encrypted as an LVM volume, would be, for example

Code:
/dev/sdc1: UUID="xxxxxxxxxxxx" TYPE="crypto_LUKS"

... so the absence of that indicates, to my meagre knowledge, that we are heading up the wrong street?

For the moment, I am out of ideas, regrettably, but I will look around, and if I have anything further, I will report back here :)

Wizard
 
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