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
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.

SEE ALSO
bdeinfo(1)