{"id":4869,"date":"2015-04-14T13:49:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T13:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=4869"},"modified":"2015-04-14T13:49:46","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T13:49:46","slug":"encrypt-usb-stick-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2015\/04\/encrypt-usb-stick-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Encrypted Your USB Stick For Ubuntu Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you have an USB flash drive or USB partition only for use in Linux computers, it’s easy to add a password protect to the drive or partition via LUKS<\/a>+EXT4 in Ubuntu Linux using the default Disks utility. And below is the how-to.<\/p>\n

Before getting started, you have to backup date from the USB flash driver or the partition.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

1.<\/b> Search for and install cryptsetup<\/b> package in Ubuntu Software Center to add disk encryption support to the default Gnome Disks utility.<\/p>\n

\"disk-encryption-support\"<\/a><\/p>\n

2.<\/b> Launch the Disks<\/b> utility from the Unity Dash or Application Menu. Plug in your USB flash drive and you will see it in the left pane.<\/p>\n

To encrypt the drive, first highlight the partition and click the icon on the left of minus sign to unmount<\/b> it. (In the case below, I’m going to unmount the 1.7GB partition)<\/p>\n

\"unmount-usb-stick\"<\/a><\/p>\n

3.<\/b> Click the gear icon and select Format …<\/b><\/p>\n

\"format-usb-stick\"<\/a><\/p>\n

4.<\/b> On next window, select encryption type “Encrypted, compatible with Linux systems (LUKS + EXT4)” from the drop-down list, type in a drive\/partition name, and set your password.<\/p>\n

\"encrypt-usb-stick\"<\/a><\/p>\n

That’s it. Next time you plug in the USB stick, you should be asked to input password to get access the partition.<\/p>\n

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If you have an USB flash drive or USB partition only for use in Linux computers, it’s easy to add a password protect to the drive or partition via LUKS+EXT4 in Ubuntu Linux using the default Disks utility. And below is the how-to. Before getting started, you have to backup date from the USB flash […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1263],"class_list":["post-4869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-encrypted-usb-flash-drive"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}