how to mount an encrypted disk from GUI

[alfonso78]

Hi,

I normally mount my encrypted disk from command line.

Something like:

sudo cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/md0 storage
sudo mount -t ext4 /dev/mapper/storage /storage

but I wanted to be able to do with a GUI. This is how I did it.

First, install eMount:
http://emount.sourceforge.net/?page=download

then, start the root version and create an entry for your encrypted device.

if you look at the terminal script I wrote earlier
- Source should be "/dev/md0"
- Volume Label is a string of your choice

I think the rest is quite straight forward.

Once you added a new entry, right click on it a choose "Properties", then "Options" then check "Mount when eMount starts" (if this is what you want)

Finally, to automatically get the prompt every time you log-in, type the following in a terminal window:

sudo cp /usr/share/applications/emount\(super-user\).desktop /etc/xdg/autostart

Please disregard the last step. Sometimes after login the GUI hangs until you kill emount if you put it in the auto-start folder.

finally, enjoy.