If you are reading this post, i’m assuming that you know about TrueCrypt and that you already have an encrypted volume created. Sometimes i’m much faster using just the command line, so i wanted to access my encrypted volume quickly.
How to mount a volume – it will prompt you for a password
Syntax:
truecrypt /path/to/encryption/file /path/to/mount/volume
Example:
truecrypt /home/user/backupfile /media/truecrypt1
How to mount a volume with a key file
Syntax:
truecrypt /path/to/encryptionfile -k /path/to/key /path/to/mounting/location
Example:
truecrypt /home/user/backupfile -k /home/user/folder/backupkey /media/truecrypt1
How to dismount a volume
truecrypt –dismount /media/truecrypt1
Make things faster
One way you can make things happen faster is by using aliases.
alias opensesame=”truecrypt /home/user/backupfile -k /home/user/folder/backupkey /media/truecrypt1″
alias closesesame=”truecrypt –dismount /media/truecrypt1″
Now you can run the whole command just by typing the alias name, in this case – opensesame and after that closesesame. Note that aliases won’t be kept after reboots, but you can add them in your .bashrc file. Open the file and add the above line somewhere in the file, preferably at the end or in a middle section with a comment telling that it’s a custom-alias area.
nano ~/.bashrc