bdemount

bdemount() LOCAL bdemount()

NAME

   bdemount — mounts 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:

   -h      shows this help

   -k keys
           the full volume encryption key and tweak key formatted in base16 and separated by a : character e.g. FKEV:TWEAK

   -o offset
           specify the volume offset in bytes

   -p password
           specify the password

   -r password
           specify the recovery password

   -s filename
           specify the file containing the startup key.  typically this file has the extension .BEK

   -u      unattended mode (disables user interaction)

   -v      verbose output to stderr

   -V      print version

   -X 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  (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.