To use Truecrypt - Essential Commands

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This short, but efficient guide was found in the forum:

For further reading: from Linux.com How to hide an entire filesystem

  • And here is the guide:

You might want to update your computer first

Edit//Truecrypt is in the sofware portal for Celena/Cassandra
Avoid Automatix if you possibly can

Install Automatix with directions from www.getautomatix.com

Install Truecrypt with Automatix

Truecrypt Commands

Create Container File:

/usr/bin/truecrypt --create test.tc

Make truecrypt runable by users:

sudo chmod u+s /usr/bin/truecrypt

Mount encrypted file into user accessible folder:

truecrypt --user-mount test.tc test_mnt_dir

Unmount the encrypted file:

truecrypt --dismount test.tc
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