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cryptsetup luksFormat — Initialize a LUKS partition and the initial key slot (0) with a passphrase or keyfile. Note: This op

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Problem

How to use the cryptsetup luksFormat command: Initialize a LUKS partition and the initial key slot (0) with a passphrase or keyfile. Note: This operation overwrites all data on the partition. More information: <https://manned.org/cryptsetup-luksFormat>.

Solution

cryptsetup luksFormat — Initialize a LUKS partition and the initial key slot (0) with a passphrase or keyfile. Note: This operation overwrites all data on the partition. More information: <https://manned.org/cryptsetup-luksFormat>.

Initialize a LUKS volume with a passphrase:
cryptsetup luksFormat {{/dev/sdXY}}


Initialize a LUKS volume with a keyfile:
cryptsetup luksFormat {{/dev/sdXY}} {{path/to/keyfile}}


Initialize a LUKS volume with a passphrase and set its label:
cryptsetup luksFormat --label {{label}} {{/dev/sdXY}}

Code Snippets

Initialize a LUKS volume with a passphrase

cryptsetup luksFormat {{/dev/sdXY}}

Initialize a LUKS volume with a keyfile

cryptsetup luksFormat {{/dev/sdXY}} {{path/to/keyfile}}

Initialize a LUKS volume with a passphrase and set its label

cryptsetup luksFormat --label {{label}} {{/dev/sdXY}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/cryptsetup luksFormat

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